2 Peter

Author: Peter

Period: c.65-68 A.D.

Summary: The theme of this letter is true knowledge. The newly formed church was threatened by false teachers and therefore Peter exhorts the Christians to be aware of this danger. Peter explains that false teachers had crept in and were secretly subverting the true doctrine of the Gospel.

THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE AND THE SURE HOPE

Breakdown:

Divine revelation: antidote to moral corruption: Chapter 1:1-21

Divine revelation: antidote to doctrinal corruption: Chapter 2:1-22

Divine revelation: antidote to political corruption: Chapter 3:1-18