Peter makes a claim about Scripture's origin: no prophecy came from human interpretation. Instead, it came as people were carried along by the Holy Spirit. The word 'carried' is used elsewhere for ships carried by the wind. There's movement, direction, force.
What this means for interpretation is significant. You're not the authority over the text. The text was given by the Holy Spirit moving through human authors. That should make you humble about what you conclude. You're trying to understand something that came from a source beyond human invention.
This doesn't mean interpretation is impossible. But it means you're listening to something, not constructing something. There's a givenness to Scripture that you have to respect. Peter's defending Scripture's authority against false teachers who twist it. He's saying the text has a source above human authority, which makes human manipulation of it particularly dangerous.
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