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2 Peter 3 (view passage online)
Peter warns that the day of the Lord comes as a thief. The heavens pass away, the elements melt, and God brings new heavens and a new earth where righteousness dwells. Believers must live in holy conduct and godliness as they look forward to these events.
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2 Peter 3 (view passage online)
Scoffers question the promise of the Lord’s coming. God does not delay His promise but shows longsuffering, not wanting anyone to perish. The day of the Lord still comes as a thief in the night.
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2 Peter 3:10-13 (view passage online)
God gives the inheritance by promise, not by the law. He adds the law because of transgressions to serve as a tutor until the Seed comes to bring us to Christ. Now that faith has come, all who believe become sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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2 Peter 3:10-18 (view passage online)
Peter calls believers to live in holy conduct and godliness since God will dissolve all things. Christians must work diligently to live in peace, without spot, and blameless. He commands believers to grow in grace and the knowledge of Jesus Christ while avoiding the error of the wicked.
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2 Peter 3:1-13 (view passage online)
Peter reminds believers of words spoken by prophets and apostles regarding scoffers who walk according to their own lusts. These scoffers willfully forget God’s work in creation and the flood. God currently stores up the present heavens and earth for fire and judgment.
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2 Peter 2:12-22 (view passage online)
False teachers despise authority, speak evil of things they do not understand, and have eyes full of adultery. They forsake the right way, much like Balaam who loved the wages of unrighteousness. These teachers lure unstable souls away with empty promises.
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2 Peter 2:1-9 (view passage online)
Peter warns that false teachers will come among believers and secretly bring in destructive heresies. God judges sin, just as He did not spare the angels who sinned, the ancient world, or Sodom. The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and reserve the unjust for judgment.
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2 Peter 1:16-21 (view passage online)
God gives us the confirmed prophetic word, which acts as a light shining in a dark place. Holy men of God spoke these trustworthy and true words as the Holy Spirit moved them. No prophecy of Scripture comes from private interpretation.
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2 Peter 1:11-15 (view passage online)
Peter promises to always remind believers of these truths even though they already know them. He speaks as an eyewitness of Christ’s majesty on the mount of transfiguration before he puts off his earthly body. He testifies that he heard the voice from heaven call Jesus the beloved Son.