2 Peter- Introduction

Additional Details

• Author: likely Peter
• Audience: Hebrew believers
• Original Greek Name: Β΄ Πέτρου
• Translated Hebrew Name: פטרו בּ
• Common English Name: 2 Peter
• Transliteration: B΄ Petrou
• Meaning: 2 Peter
• Date Created: c 67 CE
• Content Reference Time: c 60-67 CE
• Key Individuals:
  • Peter
  • Paul
  • false teachers
• Key Themes:
  • Instruction for believers (2 Peter 1:1-21)
  • Caution against false teachers (2 Peter 3:1-22)
  • Hope for believers (2 Peter 3:1-18)
• Date Canonized: c 800-1500 CE
• Abstract:

  The letter of Second Peter is directed at believing Jews everywhere to urge them to trust in the truth of G-d's Word to combat heresy and false teachings.  It sets forth seven pillars of moral excellence that undergird true knowledge of the Messiah Yeshua and condemns heretics and false prophets as "unreasoning animals" who have "no knowledge" and will be destroyed.  The letter encourages the Messianics to be a people of holy conduct and godliness, "looking for and hastening the coming day of G-d."  It cautions them that Paul's letters contain things that are "hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort... to their own destruction".  The letter closes with a reminder to be on guard against unprincipled men and to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Messiah.

• Location Created: unknown
• Content Location: within various congregations
• Teaches:
  • Faith is expressed in behavior.
  • Believers should be diligent in their faith.
  • False teachers advised believers to disregard G-d's law.
  • Messiah will return and create a new heaven and earth.
• Chapters: 3
• Verses: 61