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The opening chapter grounds its authority in having been eyewitnesses of his majesty and in prophetic writings, setting up a contrast with teachers the letter says invent their message.
A warning against false teachers and scoffers about Christ's return.
Second Peter is a short, sharply worded letter, widely thought to be among the latest New Testament writings, defending traditional teaching against insiders who denied a coming judgment.
The opening chapter grounds its authority in having been eyewitnesses of his majesty and in prophetic writings, setting up a contrast with teachers the letter says invent their message.
The middle chapter, which overlaps heavily with the letter of Jude, catalogs the greed, arrogance, and immorality attributed to these teachers and lists past examples of judgment as precedent.
The letter addresses scoffers who point out that nothing has changed, replying that God's sense of time differs from ours and that the delay is an opportunity, not a failure.