2 Peter

Author:

  • Peter

Audience:

  • ​the church

Key Themes:

  • God, throught his grace in Jesus Christ, has granted to Christians the privilege of partaking of the divine nature.
  • God's grace results in godliness.
  • The revelations of truth in Christ is sure because it is from god and not from man-made myths.
  • False teachers are bound over for destruction at the hand of God. 
  • False teachers are ethically bankrupt.
  • Believers must endure in the face of opposition, knowing that they live in the last days.
  • The Lord is patient with his creation, but will surely return in judgment like a thief in the night.
  • God rescues the righteous.

**taken from Crossway Books  ESV Study Bible