2Pe 1:1
DATE. Written probably between 64 and 70 A.D.
WRITER, The Apostle Peter
2Pe 1:1
DATE. Written probably between 64 and 70 A.D.
CENTRAL THEME. A warning against corrupt teachers and scoffers. In order to counteract the influence of false doctrine, great emphasis is laid upon the Word of God and the certainty of the
fulfilment of the divine promises.
KEY TEXT
2Pe 3:1
A PARALLEL, Between 2 Timothy and 2 Peter.
In these epistles each of the writers refers to the fact that his end is near.
2Ti 4:6 2Pe 1:14
Both writers predict perilous times for the church.
(a) The prevalence of false teaching
2Ti 3:13 4:3 2Pe 2:1
(b) The general corruption of society
2Ti 3:1-7 2Pe 2:10-22
(c) The coming apostasies
2Ti 4:3,4 2Pe 2:2,20-22
SYNOPSIS.
The Salutation
2Pe 1:1,2
PART I. The Spiritual Life.
Ch. 1.
(1) The Call to
2Pe 1:3
(2) Secured through the precious promises
2Pe 1:4
(3) Seven essential steps in its development and fruitfulness
2Pe 1:5-8
(4) Final destiny of
2Pe 1:10,11
(5) A farewell reminder
2Pe 1:12-15
(6) A glorious experience in
2Pe 1:16-18
(7) The divine origin and illuminating power of the Scriptures
2Pe 1:19-21
PART II. False Teachers, their Corrupt Characters and Doctrines.
Ch. 2.
(1) Their heresies and denial of Christ
2Pe 2:1
(2) Their popularity, evil influence, covetousness and hypocrisy
2Pe 2:2,3
(3) The unsparing judgments of God visited upon the fallen angels, the ante-diluvians, and Sodom and Gomorrha, were warnings to the ungodly
2Pe 2:4-6
(4) The divine deliverance of the righteous and the reservation of the wicked for future judgment
2Pe 2:7-9
(5) Further description of these apostate teachers, their characteristics, work and fate.
(a) Their sensuality, presumption, grossness and excesses
2Pe 2:10-13
(b) Their pernicious influence and apostasy because of avarice
2Pe 2:14-16
(c) Their emptiness, instability and future fate
2Pe 2:17
(d) Their high-sounding words, accompanied by sensual living,
promise men liberty; but result in the bondage of corruption
2Pe 2:18,19
(e) Their apostasy and utter depravity
2Pe 2:20-22
PART III. Predictions concerning Scoffers, the Coming of the Day of the Lord, and an Exhortation to Steadfastness.
Ch. 3.
(1) The purpose of the epistle
2Pe 3:1,2
(2) The scoffers' challenge
2Pe 3:3,4
(3) The ignorance of the Challengers.
(a) Concerning the Old Testament Scriptures
2Pe 3:5,6
(b) In respect to the reservation of the present world for fiery
judgment
2Pe 3:7
(4) The explanation of the divine delays
(a) The length of God's day
2Pe 3:8
(b) Divine mercy postpones the penalties
2Pe 3:9
(5) The certainty of the coming of the day of the Lord
2Pe 3:10
(6) The believer's attitude and hope
2Pe 3:11-14
(7) A commendation of Paul's epistles and a warning against wresting the Scriptures
2Pe 3:15,16
(8) An exhortation to steadfastness and spiritual growth
2Pe 3:17,18
(Outline from Thompson’s Chain Reference Bible)