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The Second Epistle of Peter

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Introduction to 2 Peter:
Author: Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ (1:1).Time of Writing: Probably around A.D. 69, after Paul's martyrdom (cf. 3:15-16) and before the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, as indicated by the allusions to the decline of the church; close to the time of Peter's martyrdom (1:14).Place of Writing: Perhaps Rome, where the tradition in church history places Peter's martyrdom.Recipients: The Jewish believers in dispersion in the Gentile world (see 1:1 and note 3).

Subject of 2 Peter:
The Divine Provision and the Divine Government

Second Peter

Chapter 1 of 3

Verses
vv. 1 • • • 5 • • • • 10 • • • •
15 • • • • 20 •

I.  Introduction—to the believers, who have been allotted equally precious faith — 1:1-2

2Pe 1:1 - 1aSimon Peter, a 2bslave and capostle of Jesus Christ, to 3those who have been 4allotted 5dfaith 6equally precious as 7ours 8in the 9righteousness of our 10God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
2Pe 1:2 - 1Grace to you and peace be 2amultiplied 3in the full 4bknowledge of God and of 5Jesus our Lord;

II.  The divine provision — 1:3-21

A.  The impartation of the divine power — vv. 3-11
1.  All things which relate to life and godliness, with the divine nature — vv. 3-4
2Pe 1:3 - Seeing that His 1adivine power has 2granted to us 3all things which relate to 4blife and 5cgodliness, 6through the 7full knowledge of 8Him who has dcalled us 9by His own 10eglory and 11fvirtue,
2Pe 1:4 - 1Through 2which He has granted to us precious and 3exceedingly great apromises that through 4these you might become bpartakers of the divine nature, 5having cescaped the 6corruption which is in the dworld 7by elust.
2.  Growth and development by life unto the rich entrance into the eternal kingdom — vv. 5-11
2Pe 1:5 - And for this very reason also, 1adding all adiligence, 2supply bountifully in your 3bfaith 4cvirtue; and in virtue, 5dknowledge;
2Pe 1:6 - And in knowledge, 1aself-control; and in self-control, 2bendurance; and in endurance, 3cgodliness;
2Pe 1:7 - And in godliness, 1abrotherly love; and in brotherly love, 2blove.
2Pe 1:8 - For 1these things, 2existing in you and 3abounding, 4constitute you neither 5idle nor 6aunfruitful 7unto the full 8bknowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 - For he in whom 1these things are not present is ablind, being 2shortsighted, 3having forgotten the bcleansing of his past sins.
2Pe 1:10 - 1Therefore, brothers, be the more adiligent to 2make your bcalling and cselection dfirm, for doing 3these things you shall by no means ever estumble.
2Pe 1:11 - For in this way the aentrance into the 1eternal bkingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly and cbountifully 2supplied to you.
B.  The shining of the divine truth — vv. 12-21
1.  By the glory of the apostles' witnessing — vv. 12-18
2Pe 1:12 - Therefore I will be ready always to aremind you concerning these things, even though you know them and have been bestablished in the 1present ctruth.
2Pe 1:13 - And I consider it aright, as long as I am in this 1btabernacle, to cstir you up by a reminder,
2Pe 1:14 - Knowing that the 1aputting off of my tabernacle is imminent, even as 2also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
2Pe 1:15 - Moreover I will also be diligent that you may be able, after my 1aexodus, to bbring these things to mind at all times.
2Pe 1:16 - For we did not 1follow acleverly devised 2bmyths when we made known to you the cpower and 3dcoming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we became 4eeyewitnesses of that One’s 5majesty.
2Pe 1:17 - For He received from God the Father honor and glory, a avoice such as this being 1borne to Him by the 2magnificent glory: This is My Son, My Beloved, in whom I delight.
2Pe 1:18 - And this voice we heard being borne out of heaven while we were with Him in the aholy bmountain.
2.  By the light of the prophetic word — vv. 19-21
2Pe 1:19 - 1And we have the aprophetic word made more bfirm, to which you do well to give heed as to a 2clamp shining in a 3dark place, until the 4dday dawns and the emorning star rises in your hearts;
2Pe 1:20 - Knowing this first, that no prophecy of aScripture is of 1one’s own 2interpretation;
2Pe 1:21 - 1For no prophecy was ever 2borne by the will of man, but men spoke from God while being 2borne by the Holy aSpirit.

Second Peter

Chapter 2 of 3

Verses
vv. 1 • • • 5 • • • • 10 • • • •
15 • • • • 20 • •

III.  The divine government — 2:1-3:16

A.  God's judgment on the false teachers — 2:1-3
2Pe 2:1 - 1But there arose also afalse prophets among the people, as also among you there will be bfalse teachers, who will 2csecretly bring in destructive 3heresies, even ddenying the 4eMaster who fbought them, bringing upon themselves swift 5destruction.
2Pe 2:2 - And many will 1follow their alicentiousness, because of whom the 2way of the truth will be breviled.
2Pe 2:3 - And in acovetousness, with bfabricated cwords, they will dmake merchandise of you, for whom the 1ejudgment 2of old is not idle, and their 3destruction does not slumber.
B.  God's judgment on both angels and men — 2:4-9
2Pe 2:4 - For if God did not spare the 1aangels who sinned but delivered them to gloomy bpits, having cast them down to 2Tartarus, they being ckept 3for 4judgment;
2Pe 2:5 - And did not spare the ancient aworld but guarded bNoah, a herald of 1crighteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the dungodly;
2Pe 2:6 - And having reduced to ashes the cities of aSodom and Gomorrah, condemned them to 1ruin, having set them as an bexample to those who intend to 2live an ungodly life,
2Pe 2:7 - And rescued righteous aLot, who had been oppressed by the blicentious 1manner of life of the 2lawless
2Pe 2:8 - (For that righteous man, who settled down among them, in seeing and hearing atormented his righteous soul day after day with their lawless works);
2Pe 2:9 - The Lord knows how to deliver the 1godly out of atrial and how to bkeep the 2unrighteous under punishment 3for the 4cday of 5judgment,
C.  The evils of the false teachers and their punishment under God's judgment — 2:10-22
2Pe 2:10 - And especially 1those who go after the flesh in the alust for bdefilement and despise 2lordship. Daring, 3cself-willed, they do not tremble while reviling 4dignities;
2Pe 2:11 - Whereas 1angels, though they are greater in strength and power, 2do not bring a reviling judgment against 1them before the Lord.
2Pe 2:12 - But athese, like 1animals 2without reason, born natural 3for capture and 4destruction, reviling in things of which they are ignorant, will also in their corrupting of others be 5destroyed;
2Pe 2:13 - 1Suffering unrighteousness as the 2awages of unrighteousness; considering luxury in the day to be bpleasure; 3cspots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits while dfeasting together with you;
2Pe 2:14 - Having eyes full of 1aadultery and not bceasing from sin; centicing dunstable souls, having a heart exercised for ecovetousness, fchildren of gcurse.
2Pe 2:15 - Forsaking the 1straight way, they have agone astray, 2following the way of 3bBalaam, the son of Beor, who loved the cwages of unrighteousness
2Pe 2:16 - But had reproof for his own transgression: a dumb 1abeast of burden, uttering with a man’s voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.
2Pe 2:17 - These are 1springs awithout water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the 2bgloom of darkness is kept.
2Pe 2:18 - For uttering great aswelling words of bvanity, they centice by dlusts of the flesh, with licentiousness, those who are barely eescaping from them who 1live in error;
2Pe 2:19 - Promising afreedom to them, while they themselves are bslaves of 1corruption; for by whom anyone has been defeated, 2by this one he has been enslaved.
2Pe 2:20 - For if, having aescaped the bdefilements of the cworld by the dknowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ but having again been eentangled in these, they are defeated, the last state has become fworse for them than the first.
2Pe 2:21 - For it would be better for them not to have known the 1way of righteousness than, knowing it, to aturn back from the bholy commandment delivered to them.
2Pe 2:22 - It has happened to them according to the true proverb: The 1adog has turned 2to its own vomit, and the washed sow to wallowing in the mud.

Second Peter

Chapter 3 of 3

Verses
vv. 1 • • • 5 • • • • 10 • • • • 15 • • •

D.  God's judgment on the heretical mockers — 3:1-9
2Pe 3:1 - This second letter, beloved, I now write to you; in them both I astir up your sincere mind with a breminder,
2Pe 3:2 - So that you would aremember the 1bwords spoken before by the holy cprophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior preached by your dapostles;
2Pe 3:3 - Knowing this first, that in the 1alast of days 2bmockers will come with mocking, going on according to their own clusts
2Pe 3:4 - And saying, aWhere is the 1bpromise of His 2ccoming? For since the dfathers fell easleep, all things continue in this way from the fbeginning of gcreation.
2Pe 3:5 - For 1this escapes them by their own choosing, that by the 2aword of God the 3bheavens cwere of old and the 3earth was 4compacted out of water and through dwater,
2Pe 3:6 - Through 1which the 2aworld 3then, being 4bflooded with water, 5cperished.
2Pe 3:7 - But the aheavens and the earth 1now, by the 2same bword, have been cstored up for 3dfire, being ekept unto the fday of 4judgment and 5gdestruction of 6hungodly men.
2Pe 3:8 - But do not let this one thing 1escape you, beloved, that with the Lord 2one day is like a thousand years and a athousand years like one day.
2Pe 3:9 - The Lord 1does not adelay regarding the bpromise, as 2some count 3cdelay, but is 4dlong-suffering toward you, not intending that any 5eperish but that 6fall advance to 7grepentance.
E.  God's judgment on the heavens and the earth — 3:10-12
2Pe 3:10 - But the 1aday of the Lord will 2come as a bthief, in 3which the 4cheavens will pass away with a 5roar, and the 6elements, burning with intense heat, will be 7ddissolved, and the eearth and the 8works in it will be 7burned up.
2Pe 3:11 - Since 1all these things 2are to be thus dissolved, what kind of persons ought you to be 3in aholy manner of life and bgodliness,
2Pe 3:12 - 1aExpecting and hastening the 2coming of the 3day of God, on account of 4which the heavens, being on bfire, will be dissolved, and the elements, burning with intense heat, are to be melted away?
F.  Expectation of the new heavens and the new earth filled with God's righteousness — 3:13
2Pe 3:13 - But according to His 1apromise we are expecting 2bnew heavens and a new earth, in which 3righteousness 4dwells.
G.  Preparation for the coming judgment — 3:14-16
1.  To be found by Him in peace — v. 14
2Pe 3:14 - Therefore, abeloved, since you expect these things, be diligent to be 1bfound by Him in cpeace 2without spot and dwithout blemish;
2.  To be saved from destruction — vv. 15-16
2Pe 3:15 - And 1count the 2along-suffering of our Lord to be 3bsalvation, even as 4also our beloved brother cPaul, according to the dwisdom given to him, wrote to you,
2Pe 3:16 - As also in 1all his letters, speaking in them concerning 2these things, in which some things are ahard to understand, which the unlearned and bunstable 3twist, as also the 2rest of the cScriptures, to their own 4destruction.

IV.  Conclusion—be on guard and grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord — 3:17-18

2Pe 3:17 - You therefore, beloved, since you know these things beforehand, 1be on your guard lest being 2carried away by the error of the 3lawless, you 4afall from your own bsteadfastness.
2Pe 3:18 - But 1agrow in the 2grace and 3bknowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 4To Him be the cglory both now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.
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