2 Peter 1:21
For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Ghost.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
20knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
Cross References
Numbers 16:28And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
Joshua 14:6Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea.
1 Kings 13:1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
1 Kings 17:24And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
2 Kings 4:9And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
2 Kings 6:10And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:20-21
Inspiration of the Scriptures. ( a. d. 67.) 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. In these words the apostle lays down another argument to prove the… Read the whole commentary →