Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,
knowing this first, that [the scope of] no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation,
2 Peter — Peter's farewell letter — a warning against false teachers, a defence of Christ's return, and the Lord's patience unwilling that any should perish.
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Laying it down as a first principle never to be lost sight of. is--Greek, not the simple verb, to be, but to begin to be, "proves to be," "becometh." No prophecy is found to be the result of "private (the mere individual writer's uninspired) interpretation" (solution), and so origination.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Ye do well, as knowing this, that no scripture prophecy is of private interpretation - It is not any man's own word. It is God, not the prophet himself, who thereby interprets things till then unknown.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page, and every stop travels with its words.
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James 1:3knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
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And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;
For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
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Romans 13:11And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.
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for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches12
God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.
For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.
And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.
2 more places the canon echoes this verse are mapped by book below ↓
The whole remaining floor, clustered by book in canonical order. The first references in each book travel with their words; the rest are one click from theirs.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; OpenBible.info (CC-BY).