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knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
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Prophecy's Divine Origin
The central debate on this verse is the meaning of 'private interpretation.' Most commentators conclude it refers to the prophecy's origin, not its reading. The point is that no prophecy comes from a prophet's own human invention or personal 'unloosing' of a mystery. As the next verse clarifies, prophets were 'moved by the Holy Ghost,' meaning Scripture's source is divine, not a matter of private human creation.
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2 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Knowing this first. Bearing this steadily in mind as a primary and most important truth.
That no prophecy of the scripture…
Knowing this first (τουτο πρωτον γινωσκοντες). Agreeing with ποιειτε like προσεχοντες in verse 19.
No prophecy of S…
19th Century
Anglican
Knowing this first.—The participle belongs to “take heed” in 2 Peter 1:19. “First” means “first of all” ([Reference 1 …
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Baptist
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of ma…
Peter continues his exhortation with the expression “above all.” The primary thing to be known is that the prophetic Scriptures did not come into b…
16th Century
Protestant
Knowing this first. Here Peter begins to show how our minds are to be prepared, if we really wish to make progress in scriptural knowledge…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Knowing this first Especially, and in the first place, this is to be known, observed, and considered;
The gospel is no weak thing, but comes in power (Romans 1:16). The law sets before us our wretched state by sin, but there it leaves us…
