It is one thing to read the scriptures and quite another to understand them. First, to fully comprehend the message of scripture one must become acquainted with all that God has revealed, must become a student of all available divine records: the greatest commentary on the scriptures are the scriptures themselves.
Central and saving verities are established repeatedly in all of the standard works; the Saints are never required to append their hope, build their faith, or establish their doctrine upon a single isolated passage. Second, to grasp the full meaning of scripture one must enjoy the same spirit of inspiration which actuated the original writer-since “no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation,” persons in this day must seek that level of holiness which would allow them to receive the intent and content of that written by holy men of old (see 2 Peter 1:20-21).