There really is no such thing
as private interpretation; what we do have, and must preserve, is the right of personal conviction.
We have seen that at one period a rigid scheme of interpretation tended to blanket the direct impact of the Bible upon the mind; and at another period the license
of private interpretation threatened to befog it in a cloud of individual predilections.
It never fails to amaze me how one can take a straightforward, uncomplicated Bible principle, and turn it into a complicated, twisted, and
inaccurate private interpretation!
The wording of a breed Standard is not the sum total of the breed, although many seem to operate on the principle that it is divinely inspired Scripture
of private interpretation.
Putting this in the most politic light possible, the National Liberal League resolved that «the Christian or anti-Christian character of this movement is solely a question of
private interpretation.»
The Catholic Church is His Church and the interpretation of scripture is not a matter of
private interpretation.
Scripture is of
no private interpretation.
In the course of controversy the reformers were led to go further than they had intended at first, and to claim for the whole Bible indiscriminately, in and by itself, exposed as it now was to the possible vagaries of
private interpretation, an absolute authority displacing that of the Catholic Church.
If it is to do more than organize
the private interpretation of one person, it must assume that God's Spirit has been at work in the whole church.
When the Bible tells us there is
no private interpretation it simply means what it means.
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of
any private interpretation.
This chapter addresses the need for a correct methodology (hermeneutic) so that
private interpretations can be corrected and fresh stimulus gained for the ongoing theological task of the church.
Not of
private interpretation (as with Mormons) and not with extra texts.
For you to separate Luke 17:34 and suggest it indicates homosexuality, is to make this passage
your private interpretation, which the Spirit tells us not to do (1 Peter 1:20).
So we must look and study thyselves approved unto God, by rightly dividing the word of truth and not taking up
no private interpretations.
2 Peter 1:20, 21 «For YOU know this first, that no prophecy of Scripture springs from
any private interpretation.
No prophesy of Scripture is of
any private interpretation, for prophesy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
That might be controversial, especially in light of our love in «Protestant» circles for individual men like Martin Luther who held to
his private interpretation of Scripture (but was it that?)
How should we understand the term «
private interpretation?»
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of
any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
The Church teaches interpretation if scripture, «knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of
any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.»
King James Bible 2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of
any private interpretation.
the author (pastor / scholar)... is sadly mistaken... not to offend in any way, but some more study is required... to teach from
a private interpretation cause confusion.
The Bible was not given by God to be personaly interpreted, as it declares that «no scripture is of
any private interpretation», but to be accepted by those who belong to God.
After reading further, she also forgot to read 2 Peter 1:20; «Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of
any private interpretation.»
Hopefully, the exhibition will act as a platform for debate and that these video - works will prompt the viewers to attach to them,
their private interpretations of life.