HOW TO USE THE MASTER BIBLE STUDY FRAMEWORK IN CHATGPT Website: https://biblestudyworkbench.com/ MAIN METHOD: SET UP A CHATGPT PROJECT Set up a Bible Study project once. New chats started inside that project can use the same framework file and study instructions. 1. DOWNLOAD THE FULL FRAMEWORK Download Master Bible Study Framework.txt from the website and save it on your device. Use the complete file, including all 20 sections and the Guiding Principles at the end. 2. CREATE YOUR BIBLE STUDY PROJECT AND UPLOAD THE FILE Open https://chatgpt.com/ and sign in. Choose New project and name it Bible Study. In the project's Sources section, use Add files or the upload option to add the downloaded framework file. Check that it appears in Sources. Upload it at the project level; a file attached only to a chat message is not the project-level upload used here. 3. SAVE THE PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS Open the project's menu and choose Add instructions, or open the project settings and look for Instructions. Paste this short instruction into that box and save it: For Bible study requests in this project, read and follow the uploaded Master Bible Study Framework.txt in full, including all 20 sections and the Guiding Principles. When I send only a Bible reference or paste a verse or passage without another request, treat it as a request to study that passage using the full framework. If the passage is unclear, ask me for its reference. When we study a book in order and I say “next,” “continue,” “go on,” “move on,” “next verses,” or “next group” in the same chat, continue with the next natural group of verses in that book after the last verses studied, using the full framework. Group verses according to the author’s flow of thought, keeping related verses together. Identify their reference before beginning. If the book is finished, say so. If the book or stopping point is unclear, ask me before continuing. If you cannot access and read the complete file, tell me before beginning. Do not claim to have read a file you cannot access. 4. CHECK YOUR SETUP WITH A FIRST STUDY Open your Bible Study project and start a new chat there. Send this first-study request to check that ChatGPT can read the complete framework: Before beginning, confirm that you can read the complete Master Bible Study Framework.txt in this project, including all 20 sections and its Guiding Principles. Then use the full framework to study 2 Timothy 2:15. If you cannot read the complete file, tell me before starting. Replace 2 Timothy 2:15 with the passage you want to study. AFTER SETUP: JUST ENTER A REFERENCE OR VERSE Open your Bible Study project, start a new chat, and type the reference you want to study. For example: 2 Timothy 2:15 Romans 8:1–4 Psalm 23 You can also paste the verse or passage itself. Press Send, and your saved project instructions tell ChatGPT to study it using the complete framework. You do not need to paste the framework or repeat the long setup request each time. Keep the framework file in the project's Sources. If ChatGPT says it cannot read the full file, check Sources before continuing. STUDYING A WHOLE BOOK? SAY “NEXT” TO CONTINUE To begin, send: “Study Romans from the beginning, using naturally grouped verses and the full framework.” Replace Romans with the book you want to study. After each study, use any of these phrases in that same chat to continue with the next natural group of verses in biblical order: next, continue, go on, move on, next verses, or next group. Each group should follow the author’s flow of thought and keep related verses together. Each study should begin by identifying its verse reference. Keep using the same chat for that book. If you start a new chat, include the book and the last verses you completed so the study can continue from the right place. FOR FUTURE STUDIES Start a new chat inside the same Bible Study project for a different study. To continue a book study, stay in that book's existing chat and say “next.” The shared file and instructions apply within the project; this does not install the framework across your whole account. KEEP THE FRAMEWORK IN SOURCES Upload it once and leave it there for future project chats. When you download a newer edition, replace the old framework file in Sources with the updated file. OPTIONAL: USE A REGULAR CHAT INSTEAD Open the complete plain-text framework, click inside it, select all, and copy. Include all 20 sections and the Guiding Principles. Windows: Ctrl + A to select all, Ctrl + C to copy, and Ctrl + V to paste. Mac: Command + A to select all, Command + C to copy, and Command + V to paste. Start a regular ChatGPT chat, paste the full framework into the message box, and send it. After ChatGPT replies, ask it to use the complete framework to study your passage. Keep using that chat, or paste the full framework again whenever you start a new regular chat. ON A PHONE OR TABLET For the optional copy-and-paste method, press and hold in the complete text, choose Select All and Copy, then paste it into the message box. Review each study against Scripture and its supporting evidence. Official ChatGPT Projects help: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/projects