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• 2 Peter 1Bible

  The first chapter of 2 Peter. After the greeting, it urges believers to add virtue, knowledge, and other qualities to their faith. It also grounds the apostle's testimony in what he saw on the mount of the Transfiguration and addresses the authority of prophecy spoken by men moved by the Holy Spirit.

• 2 Peter 2Bible

  2 Peter 2 warns against false teachers who will arise within the church. Citing God's judgment of the angels who sinned, the Flood in Noah's day, and Sodom and Gomorrah, it declares their destruction and likens their greed and licentiousness to the way of Balaam.

• 2 Peter 3Bible

  The final chapter of 2 Peter answers those who scoff at the Lord's return, explaining that the apparent delay of the Second Coming reflects God's longsuffering. Looking ahead to the new heavens and new earth, it urges readers to grow in grace and knowledge and closes the letter with a doxology.

• PeterPeople

  Peter, originally named Simon, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. A fisherman from Galilee, he became a leader of the early church in Jerusalem, and the New Testament books of 1 Peter and 2 Peter bear his name.

• 1 PeterBible

  First Peter is one of the General Epistles of the New Testament, a five-chapter letter that urges Christians scattered amid persecution and suffering to hold fast to hope and to live holy lives.

• The TransfigurationBible

  The Transfiguration is the event, recorded in the Synoptic Gospels, in which Jesus was transformed in appearance on a high mountain before Peter, James, and John, while Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with him.

• Fallen AngelDoctrine & Theology

  A fallen angel is a spiritual being created by God as a good angel that rebelled against God and fell from its original place. Christian tradition generally identifies Satan and demons as fallen angels.

• Lord's DayBible

  A New Testament expression that, in Revelation 1:10, refers to the day on which Christians gathered for worship and, in the Epistles, to the last day, when Christ will return to judge.

• Morning StarBible

  The morning star is the star that heralds the dawn in the eastern sky before sunrise. In the Bible it serves as a symbol of the coming of a new day and of Christ, and it is also used figuratively of the king of Babylon, who fell because of his pride.

• FoolBible

  The fool is a biblical figure who does not fear God and refuses to heed teaching and instruction. The term appears frequently in the wisdom literature, especially Proverbs, and carries over into the New Testament.

• 2 Peter 3:8–9Bible Verses

  A passage declaring that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day, and that the Lord is not slack concerning His promise because He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. It answers the problem of the delay of the Second Coming and has also been drawn into debates over the length of the creation days and attempts to calculate the end times.

• 2 Peter 2:9Bible Verses

  A verse in a passage warning against false teachers, stating that the Lord delivers the godly out of temptation and reserves the unjust under punishment until the day of judgment. Because it concludes the examples of Noah and Lot, it is often cited as a comfort in suffering, and it is also mentioned in discussions of the state after death.

• 2 Peter 1:5–10Bible Verses

  A passage that urges believers to add to their faith, in turn, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love, and in this way to make their calling and election sure. It is frequently cited in discussions of sanctification and the assurance of salvation, and denominations differ in emphasis on how election relates to human effort.

• 2 Peter 1:20–21Bible Verses

  A passage stating that the prophecy of Scripture did not originate in the will of man but was spoken from God by people carried along by the Holy Spirit. It is frequently cited as a basis for the doctrine of biblical inspiration and in discussions of what "private interpretation" means.

• 2 Peter 2:20–22Bible Verses

  A passage that warns, with reference to false teachers and those they have led astray, that anyone who becomes entangled again in the pollutions of the world after coming to know Christ ends up worse off than at the beginning. It is frequently cited in debates over whether a true believer can fall away from salvation.

• 2 Peter 2:4–5Bible Verses

  A passage that cites the angels who sinned and the flood of Noah as examples showing that judgment will surely come upon false teachers. It is frequently discussed in connection with the fall of the angels, the Greek term Tartarus (rendered "hell"), and the description of Noah as a preacher of righteousness.

• 2 Peter 3:10–13Bible Verses

  A passage declaring that the day of the Lord will come as a thief and that the heavens and the earth will be dissolved by fire, while believers look for "new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." On this basis it urges holy living. Interpreters differ over whether the world will be annihilated or renewed, and over a textual variant in verse 10.

• 2 Peter 1:19Bible Verses

  Second Peter 1:19 likens the word of prophecy to a light shining in a dark place and urges readers to take heed to that word until the day of Christ's return. The verse is frequently cited and discussed in connection with the relationship between the authority of Scripture and personal experience, and with the meaning of the "day star."

• Psalm 90:4Bible Verses

  A verse from Psalm 90, traditionally attributed to Moses as a prayer, which states that in God's sight a thousand years are like yesterday when it is past, or like a brief watch in the night. It is regarded as the background to 2 Peter 3:8 and is frequently cited in discussions of the age of creation and the timing of the end times.