2 Peter 1:19-21
1599 Geneva Bible
19 [a]We have also a most sure word of the Prophets, [b]to the which ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the [c]day dawns, and the [d]day star arise in your hearts.
20 (A)[e]So that ye first know this, that no prophecy of the [f]Scripture is of any [g]private interpretation:
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but [h]holy men of God spake as they were [i]moved by the holy Ghost.
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- 2 Peter 1:19 The truth of the Gospel is hereby also manifest, in that it agreeth wholly with the foretellings of the Prophets.
- 2 Peter 1:19 The doctrine of the Apostles doth not shut out the doctrine of the Prophets, for they confirm each other by each other’s testimonies, but the Prophets were as candles which gave light unto the blind, until the brightness of the Gospel began to shine.
- 2 Peter 1:19 A more full and open knowledge than was under the shadows of the Law.
- 2 Peter 1:19 That clearer doctrine of the Gospel.
- 2 Peter 1:20 The Prophets are to be read, but so that we ask of God the gift of interpretation: for he that is the author of the writings of the Prophets, is also the interpreter of them.
- 2 Peter 1:20 He joineth the Scripture and prophecy together to distinguish true prophecies from false.
- 2 Peter 1:20 For all interpretation cometh from God.
- 2 Peter 1:21 The godly interpreters and messengers.
- 2 Peter 1:21 Inspired of God: and these their motions were in very good order, and not such as were the motions of the profane soothsayers, and foretellers of things to come.
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