Roman Catholics routinely appeal to 2 Peter 1:20 for justification of their position that Protestants are not allowed to properly interpret Scripture because they don’t have authority. Their approach is interesting because they are appealing to Scripture to justify why we Protestants can’t do the same thing; namely, appeal to Scripture for our position. Interesting.
Problem: An alleged contradiction is said to occur between 2 Corinthians 1:131 and 2 Peter 3:16. One passage states that what was written could be understood, and the other states that there are things which are hard to understand. Is this an irreconcilable contradiction? The easiest way to demonstrate that there is no contradiction is to examine the extended context of both passages. When looked at in this way, it is clear that different things are being discussed.
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