2 Peter 3


2 Peter 3 is the third chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author identifies himself as "Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" and the epistle is traditionally attributed to Peter the Apostle, but there are charges that it is a work of Peter's followers between 60-90 CE.

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 18 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
There is an obvious relationship between the texts of 2 Peter and the Epistle of Jude. Comparing the Greek text portions of 2 Peter 2:1–3:3 to Jude 4–18 results in 80 words in common and 7 words of substituted synonyms.
The shared passages are:
2 PeterJude
1:53
1:125
2:14
2:46
2:67
2:10–118–9
2:1210
2:13–1711–13
3:2-317-18
3:1424
3:1825

A reminder of the coming of the Lord (3:1–13)

-2 reminds the addressees about the writer to re-emphasize the epistle's authority before the exposition of the central issue in verses 3–13 about the timing of Jesus' second coming.

Verse 1

Peter emphasizes the unity of this epistle with the first one and the consistency of his teaching with those of the prophets and apostles.

Verse 2

Here Peter emphasizes the unity of the writings by the prophets in the Old Testament with the apostolic teachings in and

Verse 3

The final five verses of the epistle contain the concluding part of the discourse, starting with the phrase: "Therefore, beloved" and continue with a tone similar to the opening in the first chapter, echoing the with the final words as the last reminder of this epistle's major theme, that is, 'the judgment day will come'.

Verses 15–16