2 Peter 1:20
Good News Translation
Above all else, however, remember that none of us can explain by ourselves a prophecy in the Scriptures.

New Revised Standard Version
First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,

Contemporary English Version
But you need to realize that no one alone can understand any of the prophecies in the Scriptures.

New American Bible
Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Understanding this first: That no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Understanding this first: That no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation.

Knowing.

2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.

Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

1 Timothy 1:9 Knowing this: That the law is not made for the just man but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

James 1:3 Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience

that.

Romans 12:6 And having different gifts, according to the grace that is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to the rule of faith;

Context
Eyewitnesses of His Majesty
19And we have the more firm prophetical word: whereunto you do well to attend, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts. 20Understanding this first: That no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation. 21For prophecy came not by the will of man at any time: but the holy men of God spoke, inspired by the Holy Ghost.…
Cross References
Romans 12:6
And having different gifts, according to the grace that is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to the rule of faith;

2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice:

2 Peter 3:3
Knowing this first: That in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

2 Peter 1:19
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