New Testament · Book 61 of 66
2 Peter
Peter's farewell letter — a warning against false teachers, a defence of Christ's return, and the Lord's patience unwilling that any should perish.
- 3Chapters
- FarewellOccasion (1:14)
- Day of the LORDClimactic theme
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
Structure
- 1Add to your faithGreat and precious promises; the ladder of virtues; the prophetic word made more sure on the holy mount.
- 2False teachersThe severity of the denouncement; examples from Genesis (angels, the flood, Sodom); the dog and the washed sow.
- 3The day of the LordThe scoffers answered; the earth reserved for fire; the Lord's patience as salvation; ‘nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth.’
Section pages
Each section is one focused part of 2 Peter — purpose, key movements, key verses, Christ-in-this-section. Roughly five minutes each.
Themes
False teachers: Ch. 2 is the NT's sharpest denunciation of false teachers — paralleling Jude closely. The pastoral concern is doctrinal integrity under pressure.
Christ's return: The scoffers question delay; Peter answers with creation theology (‘the heavens were of old’) and with the LORD's patience: ‘not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance’ (3:9).
If you only read a few chapters
Featured studies in this book
The gold numeral is how many passages of 2 Peter each study touches — the brighter the border, the deeper it reaches here.
Where 2 Peter leads
1,152 cross-references flow out of its 3 heaviest chapters · 8 words are distinctively its own · 2 featured studies cite it.
Counted live from the reference floor (heaviest chapter pairs · tagged word floor · featured-page citations).