It seem we are forgetting a few scriptures in this discussion. We don’t have the Scripture alone - we have a “helper” as well. How about John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” That just wasn’t for the disciples but for us today as well. How else could we understand the Word of God.
And II Peter 1:2-4, “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
I know there’s others that indicate the same thing but these are off the top of my head.
THIS!