Second Epistle of Peter

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Catholic epistle New Testament epistle canonical biblical book

The Second Epistle of Peter is a New Testament letter traditionally attributed to the Apostle Peter that warns against false teachers and emphasizes steadfast faith and the anticipation of Christ’s return.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
2 Peter 3
2 Peter 2 1
2 Peter 3:13 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic epistle ⓘ
New Testament epistle ⓘ
canonical biblical book ⓘ
addressesCommunity Christians in Asia Minor (traditional view) ⓘ
attributedTo Apostle Peter ⓘ
authorshipDebate authorship disputed in modern scholarship ⓘ
canonicalOrder 22nd book of the New Testament in most Christian canons ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Church of the East ⓘ
canonical in Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
canonical in Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
canonical in Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
canonical in most Protestant churches ⓘ
chapterCount 3 ⓘ
containsPassage 2 Peter 1:16–21 ⓘ
2 Peter 1:3–11 ⓘ
Second Epistle of Peter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2 Peter 2

Second Epistle of Peter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2 Peter 3:8–13
dateOfComposition 1st century (traditional view) ⓘ
describesPaulineLettersAs Scriptures (2 Peter 3:15–16) ⓘ
emphasizes godliness ⓘ
knowledge of Christ ⓘ
love ⓘ
moral excellence ⓘ
patience ⓘ
genre epistle ⓘ
paranetic literature ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
mentions Balaam ⓘ
Lot ⓘ
Noah ⓘ
Paul’s letters ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Bible

New Testament ⓘ
positionInNewTestament after First Epistle of Peter ⓘ
primaryTheme anticipation of Christ’s return ⓘ
steadfastness in faith ⓘ
warning against false teachers ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scholarlyViewOnDate often dated late 1st to early 2nd century by many scholars ⓘ
teaches certainty of the Day of the Lord ⓘ
topic Christian ethics ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
eschatology ⓘ
scriptural interpretation ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Apostle Peter ⓘ
usesSource Jude ⓘ
surface form: Jude (probable literary relationship)
warnsAgainst false prophets ⓘ
false teachers ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Epistle of Jude → closelyRelatedTo → Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
New Testament → contains → Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
Second Epistle of Peter → containsPassage → Second Epistle of Peter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Peter 2
Second Epistle of Peter → containsPassage → Second Epistle of Peter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Peter 3:8–13
Peshitta → earlyNewTestamentOmissions → Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Peter
Catholic Epistles → hasPart → Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
New Heaven and New Earth → hasSourceText → Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Peter 3:13
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Peter
Noah → mentionedIn → Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Peter
First Epistle of Peter → precedes → Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ