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8 Αυγ 2024 · What does 2 Peter 1:20 mean about interpreting Scripture? What does it mean to grow in grace? What does it mean that Noah was a preacher of righteousness (2 Peter 2:5)?
- Summary of The Book of 2 Peter
Brief Summary: Knowing that his time was short (2 Peter...
- Summary of The Book of 2 Peter
8 Νοε 2022 · Answer. The apostle Peter reminds believers in Jesus to be diligent in faith, moral excellence, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love (2 Peter 1:5–7). He explains that God, by His divine power, “has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3a, ESV).
2 Μαΐ 2024 · Brief Summary: Knowing that his time was short (2 Peter 1:13-15) and these churches faced immediate danger (2 Peter 2:1-3), Peter called upon the readers to refresh their memories (2 Peter 1:13) and stimulate their thinking (2 Peter 3:1-2) so that they would remember his teaching (2 Peter 1:15).
Peter was a central leader in the early church (Matt 16:18), despite denying Jesus three times (Mark 14:66–72). After Jesus restored him (John 21:15–19), Peter would go on to preach at Pentecost (Acts 2), escape from prison (Acts 12:1–17), and carry the gospel throughout the Roman Empire.
What's the big idea? Peter’s theme in his second letter is a simple one: pursue spiritual maturity through the Word of God as a remedy for false teaching and a right response to heretics in light of Christ’s promised second coming (2 Peter 1:3, 16).
Introduction. First Reading. There are eight items that Peter uses to describe fruitful growth. What are they and what do the words mean? 2Pe 1:5-7 (For assistance see definitions at the end of the study guide or use your own dictionary/thesaurus to understand their meaning.) Second Reading.
(2 Peter 2:20-21 RSV) Think of this. Men who work with the Scriptures, who have in their hands the Word of Cod; who study it, and attempt to explain it, who hold the position of teachers of the truth -- they themselves deny all they have taught and learned, and become victims of their own delusions.
