The second New Testament letter of the Apostle Peter.
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Who is 'us' in 2 Peter 1
Peter switches from 'us' to 'you' in 1:4:
3His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4by which he has granted to us his precious and…
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What does it mean to "hasten the coming of the day of God" in 2 Peter 3:11-12?
According to 2 Peter 3:11-12:
Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be…
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What is the meaning of 2 Peter 3:8 (1000 years as 1 day)?
In 2 Peter 3:8 (King James Version) is written:
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
What is the meaning of 1,000 years as one day and one day as 1,000…
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In 2 Peter 3:15-16 why did Peter say Paul's teachings are "hard to understand"?
Why did Peter say Paul's teachings are hard to understand?
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved
brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16
as he does in all his letters when he speaks in…
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What is the entrance into the kingdom of heaven?
2 Peter 1:10-11 NASB
“Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our…
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Where does Paul write that God is longsuffering?
Peter tells his hearers that Paul has written in all of his letters of the longsuffering of God yet I don't recall much, if anything on that subject in his letters. What in Paul's letters would this be a reference to?
2 Peter 3:14-16 (KJV)
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Inner peace or peace with others in 2 Peter?
The conclusion to 2 Peter includes an exhortation to be found 'at peace':
14Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 2 Peter 3, ESV
But what does Peter mean by…
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What sort of "master" is mentioned in 2 Peter 2:1?
"But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destriction." 2 Peter 2:1…
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Extant manuscripts of 2 Peter
How many extant manuscripts of 2 Peter are there? I have searched online but I can't seem to find that information.
Please cite your source.
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2 Peter 1:5 “what type of knowledge?”
What type of knowledge is Peter asserting we attain?
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,” II Peter 1:5
Peter never says to add to Scriptural knowledge or book knowledge.
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2 Pet. 3:16- "concerning these things (περὶ τούτων)" -does Peter allude Paul's eschatology or soteriology the ignorants twist to own destruction?
Text: 2 Peter 3: 8 -17 (NET)
8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day. 9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as…
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What is the meaning of longsuffering in 2 Peter 3:9?
New King James Version 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
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In what sense are the 'heavens...which are now,' in 2 Peter 3:7, different from the 'heavens...' in Verses 5-6?
5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7But the heavens and the…
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2 Peter 1:10 - "be all the diligent to confirm your calling and election.." - What does it mean and why?
Text: 2 Peter 1:10 (ESV) -
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
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Are the unlearned and unstable in 2 Pet 3:16 regenerated Christians?
In 2 Pet 3:16:
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in
which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are
unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction…
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