It'd be nice if you believed all the quotes from the Bible, not just the ones you like. The one I quoted clearly states you are not the sole authority when you "study" your Bible. If you are a Bible believing Christian as you claim you will accept it.
To the contrary...Those verses say NO ONE is to use private interpretation when reading the bible...Including your church...
And when the bible says 'in your flesh is no good thing', how could someone possibly construe that to mean something other than what it says??? That's some plain teaching there...