Why in the world would you expect any of these fascist "Christians" to interpret the Bible in any way but a self serving way?
You give them too much credit when you actually think that they are interpreting the Bible. They are using the Bible as a prop, as a justification for their vicious beliefs.
When you say Jeffress is "wrong", you are understating the problem by several orders of magnitude.

Jeffress is a vicious, calculating, hard right fascist. 

Jeffress is not merely wrong, he is a cancer on the United States.

Jeffress is not merely wrong, he is a cold, calculating hypocrite of the highest order, a devil and a traitor to American values.