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A rolled letter tied with cord on the stone sill of a plain room at first light, a worn wooden staff leaning beside it, a quiet street and a pale dawn sky beyond.

The Book of

2 Peter Intro

Peter’s farewell letter: keep growing, hold to the truth, and wait for the Lord.

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Peter knows his time is short.

Keep growing in the faith God gave you.

Watch out for teachers who twist the truth.

The Lord will come. His patience is mercy.

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How it’s built

Three short chapters

Every effort1:1–11 · grow in thefaithRemember1:12–21 · eyewitnessand prophetsFalseteachers2 · their end issureThe promise3:1–13 · He willcomeGrow in grace3:14–18 · the lastword

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Peter begins and ends with growing. In between, he warns and he reassures.

Who wrote it

Peter

Apostle and eyewitness, near the end of his life

  • He opens as “Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ.”2 Peter 1:1
  • He was with Jesus on the holy mountain and heard the Father’s voice.2 Peter 1:18
  • He calls it “my second letter to you,” written as his death drew near.2 Peter 3:1
  • Probably written from Rome shortly before his death, in the mid-60s AD. Some early churches were slow to accept it, and many scholars today doubt it.Tradition; scholars differ

Where it went

PontusGalatiaCappadociaAsiaBithynia

Stylised map · locations approximate

On the map

A second letter from Rome

Probably written from Rome near the end of Peter’s life, to the same believers as his first letter, across the provinces of what is now Turkey.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:18

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