\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Peter}
{\MT Peter’s Second Letter

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Simon
Peter,
a
servant
and emissary
of Yeshua
the
Messiah,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Messiah” means “Anointed One”.}
to
those
who
have obtained
a like precious
faith
with
us
in
the
righteousness
of
our
God
and Saviour, Yeshua
the
Messiah:
\VS{2}Grace
to
you
and
peace
be
multiplied
in
the
knowledge
of
God
and
of Yeshua
our
Lord,
\VS{3}seeing
that
his
divine
power
has
granted
to
us
all
things
that pertain
to
life
and
godliness,
through
the
knowledge
of
him
who
called
us
by
his
own
glory
and virtue,
\VS{4}by
which
he
has
granted
to
us
his
precious
and exceedingly
great
promises;
that
through
these
you
may
become
partakers
of
the
divine
nature, having
escaped
from
the
corruption
that
is
in
the
world
by
lust.
\VS{5}Yes,
and
for
this
very cause adding
on
your
part
all
diligence,
in
your
faith
supply
moral
excellence;
and
in
moral
excellence,
knowledge;
\VS{6}and
in
knowledge,
self-control;
and
in
self-control,
perseverance;
and
in
perseverance,
godliness;
\VS{7}and
in
godliness,
brotherly affection;
and
in
brotherly affection,
love.
\VS{8}For
if
these
things
are
yours
and abound,
they
make
you
to
not
be
idle
or
unfruitful
in
the
knowledge
of
our
Lord Yeshua
the
Messiah.
\VS{9}For
he
who lacks
these
things
is
blind, seeing only
what
is near, having forgotten
the
cleansing
from
his old
sins.
\VS{10}Therefore,
brothers,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:10 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
}
be
more
diligent
to
make
your
calling
and
election
sure.
For
if
you
do
these
things,
you
will
never
stumble.
\VS{11}For
thus
you
will
be
richly
supplied
with
the
entrance
into
the
eternal
Kingdom
of
our
Lord
and Saviour, Yeshua
the
Messiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Therefore
I
will
not
be negligent
to
remind
you
of
these
things,
though
you
know
them
and
are
established
in
the
present
truth.
\VS{13}I think
it
right,
as
long
as
I
am
in
this tent,
to
stir
you up
by reminding
you,
\VS{14}knowing
that
the putting off
of
my tent
comes swiftly,
even
as
our
Lord Yeshua
the
Messiah
made
clear
to
me.
\VS{15}Yes,
I
will
make
every
effort
that
you
may always
be
able
to
remember
these
things
even
after
my
departure.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}For
we
didn’t
follow cunningly
devised
fables
when
we
made
known
to
you
the
power
and
coming
of
our
Lord Yeshua
the
Messiah,
but
we
were
eyewitnesses
of
his
majesty.
\VS{17}For
he
received
from
God
the
Father honour
and
glory
when
the
voice
came
to
him
from
the
Majestic
Glory, “This
is
my
beloved
Son,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 1:17 }
Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35}
\VS{18}We
heard
this
voice
come
out
of
heaven
when
we
were
with
him
on
the
holy
mountain.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}We
have
the
more
sure
word
of prophecy;
and
you
do
well
that
you heed
it
as
to
a
lamp
shining
in
a dark
place,
until
the
day
dawns
and
the
morning
star
arises
in
your
hearts,
\VS{20}knowing
this
first,
that
no
prophecy
of
Scripture
is
of private
interpretation.
\VS{21}For
no
prophecy
ever came
by
the
will
of
man,
but
holy
men
of
God
spoke,
being
moved
by
the
Holy
Spirit.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
false
prophets
also
arose amongst
the
people,
as
false
teachers
will
also
be amongst
you,
who
will
secretly
bring
in
destructive
heresies,
denying
even
the
Master
who
bought
them,
bringing
on
themselves
swift
destruction.
\VS{2}Many
will
follow
their immoral\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:2 }
TR reads “destructive” instead of “immoral”}
ways,
and
as
a result,
the
way
of
the
truth
will
be
maligned.
\VS{3}In
covetousness
they
will
exploit
you
with deceptive
words:
whose
sentence
now
from
of old
doesn’t linger,
and
their
destruction
will
not slumber.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}For
if
God
didn’t
spare
angels
when
they
sinned,
but
cast
them
down
to Tartarus,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:4 }
Tartarus is another name for Hell}
and
committed
them
to pits
of
darkness
to
be
reserved
for judgement;
\VS{5}and
didn’t
spare
the
ancient
world,
but
preserved
Noah
with
seven
others,
a proclaimer
of
righteousness,
when
he
brought
a
flood
on
the
world
of
the
ungodly,
\VS{6}and turning
the
cities
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
into
ashes,
condemned them
to
destruction, having
made them
an
example
to
those
who
would
live
in
an
ungodly
way,
\VS{7}and
delivered
righteous
Lot,
who
was
very distressed
by
the lustful
life
of
the wicked
\VS{8}(for
that
righteous
man dwelling amongst
them
was
tormented
in
his
righteous
soul
from
day
to
day
with seeing
and
hearing
lawless
deeds),
\VS{9}then
the
Lord
knows how
to
deliver
the
godly
out
of
temptation
and
to
keep
the
unrighteous
under
punishment
for
the
day
of judgement,
\VS{10}but chiefly
those
who walk
after
the
flesh
in
the
lust
of defilement
and
despise
authority.
Daring,
self-willed,
they
are
not
afraid
to speak
evil
of dignitaries,
\VS{11}whereas
angels,
though
greater
in
might
and
power,
don’t
bring
a slanderous judgement
against
them
before
the
Lord.
\VS{12}But
these,
as
unreasoning
creatures,
born
natural
animals
to
be taken
and
destroyed, speaking
evil
in matters
about
which
they
are
ignorant,
will
in
their destroying surely
be
destroyed,
\VS{13}receiving
the
wages
of
unrighteousness;
people
who
count
it
pleasure
to
revel
in
the
daytime, spots
and defects, revelling
in
their
deceit
while
they
feast
with
you;
\VS{14}having
eyes
full
of
adultery,
and
who can’t
cease
from
sin,
enticing unsettled
souls,
having
a
heart
trained
in
greed,
accursed
children!
\VS{15}Forsaking
the
right
way,
they went
astray, having
followed
the
way
of
Balaam
the son
of Beor,
who
loved
the
wages
of wrongdoing;
\VS{16}but
he
was
rebuked
for
his
own disobedience.
A speechless
donkey spoke
with
a
man’s
voice
and stopped
the
madness
of
the
prophet.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}These
are wells
without
water, clouds
driven
by
a
storm,
for
whom
the blackness
of
darkness
has
been
reserved forever.
\VS{18}For, uttering great swelling words
of emptiness,
they
entice
in
the
lusts
of
the
flesh,
by
licentiousness,
those
who
are
indeed escaping
from
those
who
live
in
error;
\VS{19}promising
them
liberty,
while
they
themselves
are bondservants
of
corruption;
for
a
man
is brought
into
bondage
by
whoever overcomes
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}For
if,
after
they
have
escaped
the defilement
of
the
world
through
the
knowledge
of
the
Lord
and Saviour Yeshua
the
Messiah,
they
are
again
entangled
in
it
and
overcome,
the
last state
has
become
worse
for
them
than
the
first.
\VS{21}For
it
would
be
better
for
them
not
to
have
known
the
way
of
righteousness,
than
after knowing
it,
to
turn
back
from
the
holy
commandment
delivered
to
them.
\VS{22}But
it
has
happened
to
them according
to
the
true
proverb, “The
dog
turns
to
his
own
vomit
again,”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:22 }
Proverbs 26:11}
and “the
sow
that
has
washed
to
wallowing
in
the
mire.”

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
now,
beloved,
the
second
letter
that
I
have
written
to
you;
and
in both
of
them
I
stir up
your
sincere
mind
by reminding
you
\VS{2}that
you
should
remember
the
words
which
were spoken
before
by
the
holy
prophets
and
the
commandment
of us,
the emissaries
of
the
Lord
and Saviour,
\VS{3}knowing
this
first,
that
in
the
last
days
mockers
will
come,
walking
after
their
own
lusts
\VS{4}and
saying, “Where
is
the
promise
of
his
coming?
For,
from
the day
that
the
fathers
fell
asleep,
all
things
continue
as
they
were
from
the
beginning
of
the
creation.”
\VS{5}For
they wilfully forget
that
there
were
heavens
from
of old,
and
an
earth
formed
out
of
water
and amid
water
by
the
word
of
God,
\VS{6}by
which
means
the
world
that existed
then, being overflowed
with
water,
perished.
\VS{7}But
the
heavens
that
exist
now
and
the
earth,
by
the
same
word
have
been
stored
up
for
fire,
being
reserved
against
the
day
of judgement
and
destruction
of
ungodly
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
don’t forget
this
one
thing,
beloved,
that
one
day
is
with
the
Lord
as
a
thousand
years,
and
a
thousand
years
as
one
day.
\VS{9}The
Lord
is
not
slow concerning
his
promise,
as
some
count
slowness;
but
he
is
patient
with
us,
not
wishing
that
anyone
should
perish,
but
that
all
should
come
to
repentance.
\VS{10}But
the
day
of
the
Lord
will
come
as
a
thief
in
the night,
in
which
the
heavens
will
pass
away
with
a great noise,
and
the
elements
will
be dissolved
with fervent heat;
and
the
earth
and
the
works
that
are
in
it
will
be burnt
up.
\VS{11}Therefore, since
all
these
things
will
be
destroyed like
this,
what
kind
of
people
ought
you
to
be
in
holy living
and
godliness,
\VS{12}looking
for
and earnestly desiring
the
coming
of
the
day
of
God,
which
will cause
the
burning
heavens
to
be dissolved,
and
the
elements
will
melt
with fervent heat?
\VS{13}But,
according
to
his
promise,
we
look
for
new
heavens
and
a
new
earth,
in
which
righteousness
dwells.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Therefore,
beloved, seeing
that
you
look
for
these
things,
be
diligent
to
be
found
in
peace,
without defect
and
blameless
in
his
sight.
\VS{15}Regard
the
patience
of
our
Lord
as
salvation;
even
as
our
beloved
brother
Paul
also,
according
to
the
wisdom
given
to
him,
wrote
to
you,
\VS{16}as
also
in
all
of
his
letters,
speaking
in
them
of
these
things.
In
those,
there
are
some
things
that
are
hard
to
understand,
which
the ignorant
and unsettled
twist,
as
they
also
do
to
the
other
Scriptures,
to
their
own
destruction.
\VS{17}You
therefore,
beloved,
knowing
these
things
beforehand, beware,
lest
being
carried
away
with
the
error
of
the wicked,
you fall
from
your
own
steadfastness.
\VS{18}But
grow
in
the
grace
and
knowledge
of
our
Lord
and Saviour Yeshua
the
Messiah.
To
him
be
the
glory
both
now
and
forever.
Amen.
\par }