2 Peter 1:1 - Who wrote 2 Peter? The apostle Simon Peter. 2 Peter 1:1 - Who was Simon Peter writing to in 2 Peter? Those who have received a faith as precious as ours. 2 Peter 1:1 - Who was a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ? Simon Peter. 2 Peter 1:1 - What did those who Peter wrote to receive? A faith as precious as ours. 2 Peter 1:1 - How did those who Peter wrote to receive a precious faith? Through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:2 - What will be ours in abundance through the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord? Grace and peace. 2 Peter 1:2 - Peter wishes that what two things be multiplied to those reading this letter? Grace and peace. 2 Peter 1:3 - What has God's divine power given us? Everything pertaining to life and godliness. 2 Peter 1:3 - How has His divine power given us all we need for life and Godliness? Through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 2 Peter 1:4 - What might we partake in since God has granted us His precious and magnificent promises? The divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4 - What in the world is caused by evil desires? Corruption. 2 Peter 1:4 - What has God given us? His very great and precious promises. 2 Peter 1:4 - Why has He given us His very great and precious promises? So that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world. 2 Peter 1:4 - What causes corruption in the world? Evil desires. 2 Peter 1:5-7 - What 8 things should Christians make every effort to add to themselves? Faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, love. 2 Peter 1:5 - What should you add to your faith? Goodness. 2 Peter 1:5 - What should you add to your goodness? Knowledge. 2 Peter 1:6 - What should you add to your knowledge? Self-control. 2 Peter 1:6 - What should you add to your self-control? Perseverance. 2 Peter 1:6 - What should you add to your perseverance? Godliness. 2 Peter 1:7 - What should you add to your godliness? Brotherly kindness. 2 Peter 1:7 - What should you add to your brotherly kindness? Love. 2 Peter 1:8 - What will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ? If you possess these 8 qualities in increasing measure. 2 Peter 1:8 - If you posses the 8 qualities listed in verses 2 Peter 1:5-7 in increasing measure, they will keep you from being what? Ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:9 - If anyone does not posses the 8 qualities listed in verses 1 Peter 1:5-7, what is he? Near-sighted and blind and he has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. 2 Peter 1:10 - Peter urged the brethren to be eager to do what? Make our calling and election sure. 2 Peter 1:10 - If you make your calling and election sure, what will you never do? Fall. 2 Peter 1:10-11 - If we do these things Peter asks, we will do what? We will never fall, and we will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom. 2 Peter 1:11 - If you make your calling and election sure, you will receive a rich welcome into what? The eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:12 - What are we firmly established in? The truth we now have. 2 Peter 1:12 - Peter will always remind us of these things even though what? We know them and are firmly established in the truth we now have. 2 Peter 1:13 - What does Peter think it is right to do as long as he lives in the "tent of this body?" Refresh our memories. 2 Peter 1:13 - Peter said he thought it was right to do what to our memory? Refresh it. 2 Peter 1:13 - Peter said he lived in the tent of what? This body. 2 Peter 1:14 - What did our Lord Jesus Christ make clear to Peter? That he would soon put his body aside. 2 Peter 1:15 - What did Peter say he would make every effort to do? To see to it that after his departure his readers will always be able to remember these things. 2 Peter 1:15 - What did Peter say he would make every effort to have happen after his departure? Have us always remember the things he talked about. 2 Peter 1:16 - What did Peter not follow when he told them about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ? Cleverly invented stories. 2 Peter 1:16 - Instead of following cleverly invented stories, what did Peter say he was? An eyewitness of His majesty. 2 Peter 1:16 - Peter said "we did not follow cleverly invented stories when..." they did what? We he told us about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:16 - What were Peter and others eyewitnesses of? Jesus' majesty. 2 Peter 1:17 - The voice came to Him from the majestic glory saying what? This is my Son whom I love, in whom I am well pleased. 2 Peter 1:17 - What did Jesus receive from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory? Honor and glory. 2 Peter 1:17 - Jesus received honor and glory from God the Father when what was said? "This is my Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased." 2 Peter 1:18 - Where did the voice come from that was heard on the sacred mountain? Heaven. 2 Peter 1:18 - Peter said that he and his companions heard what come from heaven? The voice that spoke when Jesus was baptized. 2 Peter 1:18 - When did Peter and the others hear the voice that came from heaven? When they were on the sacred mountain. 2 Peter 1:19 - We have heard the word of whom? The prophets. 2 Peter 1:19 - We will do well if we do what? Pay attention to the word of the prophets. 2 Peter 1:19 - We should pay attention to the word until what happens? Until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our hearts. 2 Peter 1:19 - We have what from the prophets made more certain? The word. 2 Peter 1:19 - What is the word of the prophets like? A light shining in a dark place. 2 Peter 1:20 - Above all what must we understand? That no prophesy of scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. 2 Peter 1:21 - What never had its origin in the will of man? Prophecy. 2 Peter 1:21 - The prophets were men who spoke from God as they were carried along by what? The Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:21 - Prophecy never had its origin in where? The will of man. 2 Peter 2:1 - Who did Peter warn was present among the people? False teachers. 2 Peter 2:1 - What will the false teachers do? Secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Peter 2:2 - What will many do? Follow the shameful ways of the false teachers and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 2 Peter 2:3 - What will the false teachers do in their greed? Exploit you with stories they have made up. 2 Peter 2:3 - What has long been hanging over the false teachers? Their condemnation. 2 Peter 2:3 - What has not been sleeping? The destruction of the false teachers. 2 Peter 2:4 - God did not spare angels when they sinned, but did what? Sent them to hell, putting them into the gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment. 2 Peter 2:5 - God did not spare the ancient world when He did what? Brought the flood on its ungodly people. 2 Peter 2:5 - Who did God protect in the flood? Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others. 2 Peter 2:6 - God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by doing what? Burning them to ashes. 2 Peter 2:6 - What did God make Sodom and Gomorrah an example of? What is going to happen to the ungodly. 2 Peter 2:7 - Who did God rescue? Lot, a righteous man. 2 Peter 2:7 - What was Lot distressed by? The filthy lives of lawless men. 2 Peter 2:8 - Lot, a righteous man, living among the wicked day after day, was tormented by what? The lawless deeds he saw and heard. 2 Peter 2:9 - The Lord knows how to do what with godly men? Rescue them from trials. 2 Peter 2:9 - The Lord knows how to do what with the unrighteous? Hold them for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment. 2 Peter 2:10 - The Lord knows how to judge the unrighteous. This is especially true of who? Those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. 2 Peter 2:10 - Which men are not afraid to slander celestial beings? The bold and arrogant. 2 Peter 2:11 - Even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not do what? Bring slanderous accusations against celestial beings in the presence of the Lord. 2 Peter 2:12 - The unrighteous men that Peter condemns do what? Blaspheme in matters they do not understand. 2 Peter 2:12 - The unrighteous men that Peter condemns are like what? Brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed. 2 Peter 2:12 - The unrighteous men that Peter condemns, like beasts, will do what? Perish. 2 Peter 2:13 - With what will the unrighteous men be paid back for the harm they have done? With harm. 2 Peter 2:13 - The unrighteous men's idea of pleasure is what? To carouse in broad daylight. 2 Peter 2:13 - These unrighteous men are what? Blots and blemishes. 2 Peter 2:13 - These unrighteous men are reveling in what? Their pleasures while they feast with you. 2 Peter 2:14 - With eyes full of what, these unrighteous men never stop sinning? Adultery. 2 Peter 2:14 - The unrighteous men seduce who? The unstable. 2 Peter 2:14 - The unrighteous men are experts in what? Greed. 2 Peter 2:14 - Peter describes the unrighteous men as what? An accursed brood. 2 Peter 2:15 - The unrighteous men have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of who? Balaam, son of Beor. 2 Peter 2:15 - Balaam loved what? The wages of wickedness. 2 Peter 2:16 - Balaam was rebuked for his wrongdoing by what? A donkey - a beast without speech. 2 Peter 2:16 - The donkey that Balaam encountered did what? Spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness. 2 Peter 2:17 - The unrighteous men are springs without what? Springs without water. 2 Peter 2:17 - The unrighteous men are what kind of mists? Mists driven by a storm. 2 Peter 2:17 - What is reserved for the false teachers? Blackest darkness. 2 Peter 2:18 - The false teachers mouth what? Empty, boastful words. 2 Peter 2:18 - By appealing to the lustful desires of what, the false teachers entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error? Sinful human nature. 2 Peter 2:18 - By appealing to the lustful desires of human nature, the false teachers entice people who are just escaping from whom? Those who live in error. 2 Peter 2:19 - The false teachers promise what? Freedom. 2 Peter 2:19 - The false teachers are slaves of what? Depravity. 2 Peter 2:19 - A man is a slave to what? Whatever has mastered him. 2 Peter 2:20 - How did they escape the corruption of the world? By knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 2:20 - How did the unrighteous men Peter describes become worse off at the end than at the beginning? They knew Jesus and they again became entangled in the world and overcome. 2 Peter 2:21 - It would have been better for the unrighteous men not to have known the way of righteousness than what? To have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. 2 Peter 2:22 - "A dog returns to what?" Its vomit. 2 Peter 2:22 - "A sow that is washed does what?" Goes back to her wallowing in the mud. 2 Peter 2:xx - What book did the passages in 2 Peter 2:22 come from? Proverbs. 2 Peter 3:1 - Peter says this letter is which letter of his? His second. 2 Peter 3:1 - Why did Peter write both of the letters? As reminders to stimulate us to wholesome thinking. 2 Peter 3:2 - What does Peter want the people to recall? The words spoken in the past and the command given by our Lord and Savior. 2 Peter 3:2 - Who were the words of God spoken by? The holy prophets. 2 Peter 3:2 - The command given by our Lord and Savior was given through whom? The apostles. 2 Peter 3:3 - First of all, we must understand that scoffers will come and do what? Scoff and follow their own evil desires. 2 Peter 3:4 - What will the scoffers say? "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our father died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." 2 Peter 3:5 - The scoffers deliberately forget what? That long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 2 Peter 3:5 - By what was the earth formed and did the heavens come into existence? God's word. 2 Peter 3:6 - By the same waters that formed the earth, what happened to the world of that time? It was deluged and destroyed. 2 Peter 3:7 - By the same word, the heavens and earth are what? Reserved for fire. 2 Peter 3:7 - The heavens and earth are being kept for what? The day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 2 Peter 3:8 - Peter tells us not to forget what about God? With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 2 Peter 3:8 - What has no dominion over God? Time. 2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord is not slow in what? Keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. 2 Peter 3:9 - Peter says that the Lord is what? Patient. 2 Peter 3:9 - What does Peter say the Lord wants instead of anyone perishing? He wants everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:10 - What does Peter say the day of the Lord will come like what? A thief. 2 Peter 3:10 - What does Peter say will come like a thief? The day of the Lord. 2 Peter 3:10 - How will the heavens disappear? With a roar. 2 Peter 3:10 - What will disappear with a roar on the day of the Lord? The heavens. 2 Peter 3:10 - The elements will be destroyed by what when Jesus returns? Fire. 2 Peter 3:10 - What will happen to the earth and everything in it when Jesus returns? It will be laid bare. 2 Peter 3:11 - What is the question that Peter asked regarding Jesus' return? Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? 2 Peter 3:11-12 - We ought to live what kind of lives? Holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. 2 Peter 3:12 - What will the day of God bring about? The destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in heat. 2 Peter 3:13 - In keeping with God's promise we are looking forward to what? A new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. 2 Peter 3:14 - Since we are looking forward to a home with God, we should make every effort to be found how? Spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 2 Peter 3:15 - What should we bear in our minds? That our Lord's patience means salvation. 2 Peter 3:15 - Paul also wrote with what? The wisdom God gave him. 2 Peter 3:16 - How does Paul write? The same way in all his letters, speaking of these matters. 2 Peter 3:16 - What do Paul's letters contain? Some things that are hard to understand. 2 Peter 3:16 - Who distorts Paul's letters, as they do other Scriptures, to their own destruction? The ignorant and unstable people. 2 Peter 3:17 - Since we already know about some people distort the scriptures, we should be on our guard so that what might not happen? We may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from our secure position. 2 Peter 3:18 - Instead of falling from our secure position, we should do what? Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.