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The assurance of eternal life is given to all Christians. One way to identify with Christ is to share in His
suffering. To us that would be to endure insults and slurs from those who call us "goodie two shoes" or
"holier than thou." This is so minor compared to what Christ suffered for us on the Cross. Stand up for
what you know and believe is right and rejoice when the world and Satan aim to hurt you.

Overview of I Peter

2 Peter: Living in the Power of Christ

As Christianity grew more in influence, churches began to encounter more false teachers in their midst.
Second Peter was written to warn about one of these groups, who were saying that Jesus would not
return, so they could live any way they liked. Against this view, 2 Peter argues that the Day of the Lord is
surely coming, and that believers should live in light of this truth.
Background

Author

Internal evidence points to Simon Peter, an apostle of Jesus as the author of the book (2 Pet 1:1). He
speaks of having witnessed Jesus’ transfiguration (2 Pet 1:16–18) and is familiar with Paul and his letters
(3:15–16). Never the less, 2 Peter seems very different from 1 Peter, and thus there was some debate in
the early church about 2 Peter’s authorship. Here some scholars say that “The attribution to Peter does
not necessarily mean it was compiled or finalized by him; it could indicate the letter is based on Peter’s

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