Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. (2 Peter 1: 20)
The context of the Scripture is ministry:
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. (2 Peter 1:16-18)
Immediately following the Scripture is warning against false teachers. (2 Peter 2:1)
True interpretation of Scripture begins with rightly dividing between Scripture that is written, and things of our own mind that is not.
2 Peter 1:20 does not say specifically that there is no private interpretation of Scripture. What it does say in context, is that we should not prophecy, preach, nor minister our private interpretations as Scripture.
I.e. Only Scripture quoted is undeniable truth of God.
All the rest is teaching, admonition, and understanding of Scripture:
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. (Nehem 8:8)
And the proper sense of Scripture will always make perfect sense from Scripture quoted.
I.e. a good identifier of false teaching, is when arguments from around the world of culture and original languages must be brought in to persuade and convince such teaching is true.
I.e. just quoting the Scripture isn't good enough, because the Scripture either isn't there, or an average normal sense of it isn't what is being taught.
The context of the Scripture is ministry:
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. (2 Peter 1:16-18)
Immediately following the Scripture is warning against false teachers. (2 Peter 2:1)
True interpretation of Scripture begins with rightly dividing between Scripture that is written, and things of our own mind that is not.
2 Peter 1:20 does not say specifically that there is no private interpretation of Scripture. What it does say in context, is that we should not prophecy, preach, nor minister our private interpretations as Scripture.
I.e. Only Scripture quoted is undeniable truth of God.
All the rest is teaching, admonition, and understanding of Scripture:
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. (Nehem 8:8)
And the proper sense of Scripture will always make perfect sense from Scripture quoted.
I.e. a good identifier of false teaching, is when arguments from around the world of culture and original languages must be brought in to persuade and convince such teaching is true.
I.e. just quoting the Scripture isn't good enough, because the Scripture either isn't there, or an average normal sense of it isn't what is being taught.