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2 Peter 1:20

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

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τοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisπρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.firstγινώσκοντεςginōskontesto knowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to know”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.ὅτιhotithatὅτιadverb — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatπᾶσαpasaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.προφητείαprophēteiaprophecyπροφητείαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “prophecy”, the subject formG4394prophecy, prophesying; the gift of communicating and enforcing revealed truth.prophecyγραφῆςgraphēsof the scriptureγραφή (graphē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the scripture”, the of-formG1124(a) a writing, (b) a passage of scripture; plur: the scriptures.of the scriptureἰδίαςidiasof any privateἴδιος (idios)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “of any private”, the of-formG2398one's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property.This verse uses “private”.of any privateἐπιλύσεωςepiluseōsinterpretationἐπίλυσις (epilusis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “interpretation”, the of-formG1955solution, explanation, interpretation; release.This verse uses “interpretation”.interpretationοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.γίνεταιginetaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,

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American Standard Version (1901)

knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.

Young’s Literal Translation

this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,

World English Bible

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.

Darby Translation

knowing this first, that [the scope of] no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation,

Douay-Rheims

Understanding this first, that no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation.

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