Sure, it's what the concept has been taken to mean. Look at this thread, a good part of the posts effectively say if it's not in the Bible it don't mean squat. I think John is advising us to be open to teachings not in the Bible. Use all the resources open to you. Of course with all caution, cannot be discordant with the Bible. Compound that with the Bible means what I think it should mean and any other thoughts on the subject are just send-you-to-hell wrong and you get a confusing mess.
Seems to me we see things much the same way.
I like this, makes me think. Sometimes about stuff I hadn't thought about for 40 years.
I believe that God created the Bible with easily enough information to know Him and His ways, what He expects from us and who we are to be, and to be saved. But I also believe He also put content in that would cause some to become fixated on that which was not important but dangerous and easily twisted. He expects us not only to be discerning as we gain knowledge, but also seek out things He had hidden to both His glory and ours.
