2 Pet 1:19-20 in the KJV and the JST reads thusly:
KJV |
NT MS 2, p. 145 |
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: Knowing this first, that no
prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. |
Verse 19th We have
therefore a more sure knowledge of the word of prophecy, =20th Knowing this |
Commenting on the changes to v. 19, Arch S. Reynolds in his study of the JST form 1957 wrote that:
The Inspired Version refutes the idea
that prophecy is not of private interpretation. If we say this, then we must
not try to solve or interpret any of the prophecies, but leave them to others
to unfold. I do not believe the King James rendering, but the Inspired
quotation becomes clear and necessary if we wish to know the signs of the times
and prepare for Christ’s coming. (Arch S. Reynolds, A Study of Joseph Smith’s
Bible Revisions: Its Relation to Other Versions and a History of Its Coming
Forth [Springville, Utah: Arch S. Reynolds, 1957], 146)