No, you are employing YOPIOS. Your Own Private Interpretation Of Scripture.
Then please, oh please, use The Only Authorized Version In the History of Mankind Granted To the Romanist Cult of Italy with the Guys with Bathrobes and Pointy Helmets (TOAVITHOMGTTRCOIWTHGWBAPH)and tell us what the passage means.
It sure is funny how Catholics love to use a partial quote of 2 Peter 1:20 as authoritatively proving the Catholic church is the exclusive entity capable of interpreting the Bible.
But they twist it to mean the exact opposite of what Peter said.
2 Peter 1:20
knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation
Does this passage mean that an individual cannot know the meaning of scripture by studying it? Of course not.
Acts 17:11
These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
Here, Luke writes how the people of Berea did not just take Paul’s word for it. They checked out the scriptures to see if what he was saying is true. They confirmed that it was true and consistent with God’s word, and they believed and were saved.
The Gnostics taught that there was secret knowledge available only to the initiated. Yet Peter says that the interpretation is NOT PRIVATE. The interpretation is the meaning. Not being private means it is public information.
It means what it means. It does not require going through some higher authority other than its own authority.
Gifted teachers are part of the true church made up of all believers. They can help other believers in their study, but it is ultimately up to each individual to “search diligently” as the Bereans, to see if what is being taught is true and Biblical.
It is not man nor an external visible entity that reveals the truth of Scriptures to men’s hearts. It is the work of the Holy Spirit.
John 16:13
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
This is what Christ Himself taught, and I choose to believe what He says rather than following the doctrines of men.