Lenski said, "it is not in the facts, but the prejudices of the investigators". Don't blame the author when it is the readers fault. Don't blame the book when it is the readers' fault.
Many make no effort to understand.
Many will not read it - Eph. 3:3-5
Many won't study it - 2 Tim. 2:15
Many won't abide in it - John 8:31-32
Some have evil hearts.
Luke 8: - parable of the sower.
Ezra 7:10 - prepared his heart....
Eph. 4:18
Some have no love for truth.
2 Thess. 2:8-12 - no love for truth - believe a lie.
2 Tim. 4:3-4.
Some are deceived by false teachers.
2 Tim. 3:13 -
Eph. 5:6 -
2 Pet. 2:1-3 - as in Old Testament, so now under the New.
Matt. 7: - beware of 'wolf in sheep's clothing'
1 John 4:1 - 'try the spirits' -
Some 'wrest' the scriptures to their own destruction.
2 Pet. 3:15 - Peter said so!
Believe + baptized = saved vs. believe = saved, baptized if want to.
Mormons on 'elders' vs. Bishops - Titus 1:3-5.
Many make mistakes in principles of interpretation.
Figures of speech -
1. cup / break bread
2. book of Revelation taken literally'
application of 'to whom'
1. to apostles, John 14 - 15 - 16
2. church vs. Individual
Isolating scriptures
1. faith only - James 2:22-24
2. 'unconditional promises' - when condition given elsewhere.
Missing circumstances
1. "communism" of early church
2. customs vs. commandments.
3. saved at point of faith in Romans 4 -
Missing Grammar
1. Not -- but passages
2. 'unworthily' in 1 Cor. 11:27 - adverb of MANNER