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2 Peter 1:20

Greek
τοῦτοplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο

greek

Meaning:

* These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it

Demonstrative pronoun.

οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19
πρῶτον γινώσκοντες, ὅτι πᾶσαplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπᾶς

greek

Meaning

* All * Every * The whole

Adjective.

Usage in the New Testament

The sense of πᾶς depends on whether it modifies a singular or plural noun, and whether that noun is countable or uncountable.

With singular countable nouns → "every" John 1:9John 3:16Romans 5:12Matthew 28:19Colossians 1:16Romans 3:23Romans 3:23John 3:16Colossians 1:17
προφητεία γραφῆς ἰδίας ἐπιλύσεως οὐ γίνεται·plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι

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Meaning

* To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass

Verb.

Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10
ESV
knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.
NIV
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.
NLT
Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet's own understanding,
KJV
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

2 Peter 1:19 ← 2 Peter 1:20 → 2 Peter 1:21

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