General letters and Revelation
2 Peter
Peter’s farewell: grow in knowledge, beware of false teachers, and look for the Lord’s return.
Peter says he knows he will soon die (2 Peter 1:14) and that this is his second letter (3:1). Its acceptance was slower than most New Testament books, but it was recognized as Peter’s.
Kinds of writing
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Key verses
Holy men of God spoke, moved by the Holy Spirit. For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:21 (World English Bible)
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Places
On the timeline
The global FloodSodom and Gomorrah destroyedThe TransfigurationPeter's second letter and the letter of Jude
2 Peter quotes or alludes to the Old Testament 3 times (counted in the site’s Old in the New).
Dating notes
Many modern scholars doubt Peter wrote 2 Peter; the letter names him as author. This timeline plots AD 66. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.