A person can know how to read but not know how to study. Learning how to research does not guarantee that a person will know how to study. Research can empower study to find valid understandings and correct insights. But, research can also misdirect study to invalid conclusions and incorrect views. Learning how to study is a cumulative, continuing process that develops progressively.
Study produces growth, and growth advances study.
Growing in the ability to study scripture involves much more than learning the meaning of words. The goal is to understand scripture's message in the clearest, deepest terms possible. It is easy to think that studying scriptures involves no more than putting together verses or sentences that use similar words or similar thoughts. If that is all we do, we learn words and thoughts without learning the message. Christians who thought they could live an evil lifestyle and still practice the truth.