Do we not have the mind of Christ? We do not need to interpret scripture. That is foolishness. What we should do is read, and listen to the Spirit. If He does not show us about a certain passage, we wait on Him, when He decides we are ready, He will make it known to us.
I have read the old testament several times, and the new countless times. Now, for almost every situation, if I am willing to listen, the Spirit brings to my mind passages that have pertinence to the situation, along with understanding that is full of His wisdom. This is a blessing it is impossible to put a price on.
The scriptures are God's words, His thoughts, His likes and dislikes and His plans. They show how He is in His dealings with His creation, which we are. But we too often forget that we cannot ascertain the things of God with our native intelligence, because the natural man cannot understand the things if God. But, we have the mind of Christ. We have His mind by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
My understanding of scripture is not static, or unchanging, but as I grow in Christ, so the truth that I can understand changes; I am able to bear deeper words. No one can deny that we are a work in progress, and the One working is God. We know that this is written in scripture. If we are to do anything in this maturing process, it is to seek to facilitate God's working in us, which He is doing by His Spirit in us. And the best way to do that is to abide, to live in Jesus. John wrote that the Spirit teaches us just this very thing.
But what does this mean, live in Jesus?
By the indwelling of the Spirit, Jesus lives in us. This too is scripture. He said that He would not leave us alone, but that He would come to us. To live in Jesus means that we are to be in Him just as He is in us. He explained this also, that night before His death. To live in Jesus means that we walk in Him, relating to Him all of our lives in every way, all the time. And knowing that He is in us, watching and teaching and helping and directing us in all of our ways. He said that His sheep hear His voice, but not unless they live in Him.
All this to say that if we are in Him, we will hear what He wants us to know from scripture, and this is the only way I have found to actually know the truth.
In Christ,