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2 Peter Introductory Matters

1. Introduction (2Pe 1:1-2)
   1. The writer
      1. The human author (2Pe 1:1a)
         1. His name
         2. His calling
      2. The divine author (2Pe 1:12-21; cf. 2Ti 3:16-17)
   2. The recipients (2Pe 1:1b)
      1. The original recipients (2Pe 1:1b, 12, 20; 2Pe 2:4-8, 15, 22; 2Pe 3:15-16)
         1. Believers [perhaps predominantly Gentile believers] (2Pe 1:1b)
         2. Established in the truth (2Pe 1:12)
         3. Familiar with the Old Testament Scriptures (2Pe 1:20; 2Pe 2:4-8, 15, 22)
         4. Recipients of the Apostle Paul’s letters as Scripture (2Pe 3:15-16)
         5. Facing the threat of false teachers/teaching (2Pe 1:16a; 2Pe 2:1ff; 2Pe 3:3-4, 16)
      2. The current recipients
   3. The reasons
      1. Remember the Word, and be stirred up (2Pe 1:12-15; 2Pe 3:1)
      2. Guard against falling from faithfulness into error (2Pe 1:10, 19; 2Pe 2:1ff; 2Pe 3:17)
      3. Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2Pe 1:2, 5-8; 2Pe 3:14, 18)
      4. In summary/outline form
         1. Remember the Word and be stirred up concerning your faith (2Pe 1:1-21)
         2. Remember the Word and be stirred up concerning false teachers (2Pe 2:1-22)
         3. Remember the Word and be stirred up concerning the future coming of Christ (2Pe 3:1-18)
         4. So that you may guard against falling into error; and grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (2Pe 3:17-18)