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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

meow2u3

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19. Scripture also warns against personal interpretation

Reply to rustbeltvoice (Reply #17)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 02:07 PM

Dec 2014

Per 2 Peter 1:20-21

20 First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.[k]

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+1&version=NRSVCE

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