Second Epistle of Peter

A New Testament letter traditionally attributed to Peter, warning against false teachers and affirming Christ’s promised return. It urges readers to pursue virtue and interpret scripture faithfully.

New Testament: The collection of Christian writings about Jesus, the early church, and Christian teaching. This letter belongs to the New Testament’s Catholic Epistles.
Transfiguration of Jesus: An episode in which Jesus’ appearance is transformed before selected disciples on a mountain. The author invokes this witnessed event as evidence for Christ’s majesty.
Simon Peter: A Galilean disciple of Jesus and a leading figure in the earliest Christian movement. The letter identifies Peter as its author and recalls his approaching death.
First Epistle of Peter: A New Testament letter encouraging Christian communities facing suffering and social hostility. Unlike this letter’s focus on false teachers and delay, it centers on endurance amid persecution.
Biblical canon formation: The historical process by which Christian communities recognized and collected authoritative writings. The letter’s disputed authorship and later reception made its canonical acceptance consequential.
Catholic Epistles: A group of New Testament letters traditionally addressed to the church at large rather than one congregation. Second Peter is grouped with these general Christian letters.
Day of the Lord: A biblical expectation of divine intervention, judgment, and deliverance. The letter describes the coming day as the setting for cosmic judgment.
Pseudepigraphy: The attribution of a text to an author who did not write it. Many scholars regard the letter’s Petrine attribution as pseudonymous.
Gospel of Matthew: A Gospel presenting Jesus’ life and teaching, including warnings about judgment and his return. Both address the future coming of Christ, but Matthew does so through Jesus’ teachings.
Muratorian Fragment: An early, incomplete Latin list of Christian books regarded as authoritative. Its surviving list omits Second Peter, illustrating uneven early reception.

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