No we are not allowed any personal interpretations!
2 Peter 1:20
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
However in the areas where there is no clear command for or against we are allowed to have a personal conviction based on prayer and our relationship with god and how weak our faith is as Paul said in romans.
You read the Scripture exactly backwards.
I have known cult leaders who would always say exactly what you did, with the idea that there is only one interpretation of Scripture, and their's was always the right one.
The Scripture says no prophecy of Scripture: no preaching or ministering of Scripture is to be of any private interpretation.
There are several private interpretations of Scripture: the scripture says no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God. Therefore, a private interpretation could be no drinking at all, moderate drinking without drunkenness, or medicinal and health as Paul told Timothy, which was a common practise in foreign lands.
So, the believer by personal faith can do any of the three, but then going on to preach their personal rule as Scripture, as law of Christ, such as 'thou shalt not drink', then thy make themselves false teachers of their own private interpretation: falsely teaching from their own mind, which is what Moses declared he had not done:
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
So, in this case, if someone wants to be insane enough to forbid themselves blood transfusion, then so be it. And only a false minister would then go on to preach it for law of God.
And such ridiculous nonsensical and foolish 'rules' preached for doctrine of christ make a laughingstock of Christian ministry.
God's Word always makes perfect sense, and needs no exceptions to live in a real world.
The law of Christ certainly isn't kept by all people, but neither does it look strangely odd and ridiculous to the average sinner.
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused
them to understand the reading.
Ezra gave the proper normal sense of the scripture. IF someone give something that is nonsense from scripture, then you can be sure it isn't rightly dividing the word of truth.
The God of the Bible is the God of common sense.