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1 | denominations. | Eph 4:3 | Morant61 | 148788 | ||
Greetings AO! May I address your use of 2 Peter 1:20-21? There seems to be a lot of confusion about what this verse means. Allow me to quote a prior post of mine on this passage: ************************************** I have noted several times over the last few weeks that this verse is very much misunderstood. Many seem to be understanding this verse to be saying that a person cannot interpret Scripture. However, this is not what the verse is saying at all. It is simply saying that Scripture itself did not come into existence through some private individual's act of will. Rather, Scripture came into existence as a result of someone being moved by the Holy Spirit. The Greek of 1 Peter 1:20 literally says, "knowing this first that each prophecy of Scripture of one's own interpretation did not come into being." So, this verse is not speaking of an individual's ability to interpret Scripture, but of the source of Scripture itself. ************************************* Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | denominations. | Eph 4:3 | Hank | 148901 | ||
Tim, your exegesis of 2 Peter 1:20,21 is, I believe, true. It's the way that I've understood the passage for many years. It's rather ludicrous to contend that a reader of Scripture cannot and must not interpret Scripture. Of course he can and he must if he expects to understand anything of what he is reading. Letters are symbols that make up words and words are symbols that make up thought. If anyone cannot and does not interpret the individual symbols called letters and the combination of letters called words, and the combination of words that form thoughts, he will not understand anything of what he is reading. If he expects to understand, the reader has no choice but to interpret in his mind the symbols that he sees in print. While it is certainly true that he may interpret what he reads accurately or inaccurately, he cannot escape the fact that interpret he must. --Hank | ||||||
3 | denominations. | Eph 4:3 | EdB | 148925 | ||
Hank I agree with your point on interpretation of scripture but does personal interpretation extend to the point of the creation of doctrine? We have allowed our zeal for personal interpretation to move beyond mere interpretation and to become much more. From this move we have made words like 'tradition', 'rite', 'ritual', and 'historical' dirty words. Is it mere interpretation or is it really a resistance to authority and to have things our way? We even see it happening with our Constitution. The courts in name of interpretation are applying their own meanings to laws and setting into place things like same sex marriage, homosexual rights, abortion, right to die laws. I think we all can agree and see the wrongs of this action yet we fail to see that we do the same thing. EdB |
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4 | Is'nt it the same? | Eph 4:3 | lionheart | 148926 | ||
When we speak of personal interpretation is'nt it the same as private interpretation? (2Peter 1:20) In Christ, lionheart |
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5 | Is'nt it the same? | Eph 4:3 | Searcher56 | 148928 | ||
Please review what has been said in 2 Peter 1:20. | ||||||
6 | Personal interpretation? | Eph 4:3 | lionheart | 148930 | ||
OK let me rephrase the question. When we refer to personal interpretation could we maybe talking about personal application and not interpretation? In Christ, lionheart |
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7 | Personal interpretation? | Eph 4:3 | Searcher56 | 148949 | ||
lionheart, the reason I asked to go to 2 Peter is because there is a change in subject and verse and we'll be getting off tangent here. Searcher | ||||||
8 | Personal interpretation? | Eph 4:3 | lionheart | 148966 | ||
Roger that bro. lionheart |
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