- Authorship and salutation (1:1-21)
- Christian virtues (2 Pet. 1:3-11) (1:3)
- Full provision stated (Jn. 14:12; Acts 1:8; Rom. 15:29; Eph. 3) (1:3)
- How to get gospel benefits (2 Cor. 1:20; Mt. 7:7-11; 17:20; 21:22; Mk. 9:23; 11:22-24; Jn. 14:12-15; 15:7, 16; Heb. 11:6) (1:4)
- Spiritual addition: eight Christian virtues that guarantee security in Christ (1:5-11)
- Peter's threefold testimony (1:12-15)
- Concerning himself (1:12-15)
- Concerning Jesus Christ (Mt. 16:28; 17:1-9) (1:16-18)
- Concerning the Scriptures (2 Tim. 3:16-17; Heb. 1:1-2) (1:19-21)
- Christian virtues (2 Pet. 1:3-11) (1:3)
- False apostate teachers (2 Pet. 2:1-22; 2 Tim. 3:2) (2:1-22)
- Their damnable doctrines (1 Tim. 4:1) (2:1)
- Their following, practices, and certain judgment (2:2-3)
- Examples of judgments on apostates (Gen. 6-8; 19:1-38; Jude 6-7) (2:4-6)
- God's dealings are just (2:7-9)
- Marks of false apostate teachers (2:10-11)
- Lusts and anarchy (2 Tim. 3:1-9; Phil. 3:17-19; Jude 4-19) (2:10-11)
- Boastful and deceptive (2 Cor. 11:12-15; Jude 4-19; 2 Th. 2) (2:12-13)
- Corrupt and unmerciful (2 Tim. 3:1-9; Jude 4-19; Rev. 13) (2:14)
- Committed to personal gain and eternal perdition (Num. 22; Jn. 12:3-6; Acts 1:18-25; Jude 4-19) (2:15-17)
- Glory in human wisdom (Col. 2:18; 1 Cor. 1:18-25; Phil. 3:19) (2:18)
- Take advantage of unstable souls and bring them into bondage (2:19)
- Apostates are beyond hope of salvation (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26-29) (2:20-22)
- The day of the Lord (2 Pet. 3:1-13; 1 Th. 5:9-11; 2 Th. 2:1-12) (3:1-18)
- Purpose of the epistle (3:1-2)
- Prediction of scoffers who deny Christ's coming (3:3-4)
- Scoffers are ignorant of the pre-Adamite world (Gen. 1:1-2; Isa. 14:12-14; Jer. 4:23-26; Ezek. 28:11-17; Mt. 13:35) (3:5-7)
- God's value of time compared to that of man (Isa. 57:15) (3:8-9)
- Renovation by fire (3:10-13)
- Earth made perfect third time (3:10-13)
- End of day of the Lord (Rom. 8:21; Heb. 1:10-12; 12:26-29; Rev. 20:11-21:1; Isa. 66:22) (3:10-13)
- Earth made perfect third time (3:10-13)
- Admonitions in view of the day of the Lord (3:14)
- Classes that misunderstand Scripture and why (1 Cor. 1:18-29; 2:6-14; 2 Cor. 4:2-4; 1 Tim. 4:1-8; 2 Tim. 3:1-9; 4:1-4) (3:15-16)
- Two commands against backsliding (3:17-18)
12/14/2011
2 Peter
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