2 Peter 3 Flashcards
Why has Peter written both letters?
As reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking (2 Peter 3:1)
To whom is this now Peter’s second letter?
You (dear friends) (2 Peter 3:1)
What has Peter written as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking?
Both of his letters (2 Peter 3:1)
What are reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking?
Both of Peter’s letters (2 Peter 3:1)
Through whom was the command given by our Lord and Savior?
Your apostles (2 Peter 3:2)
What command does Peter want you to recall?
The command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles (2 Peter 3:2)
What does Peter want you to recall?
The words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles (2 Peter 3:2)
By whom were words spoken in the past?
The holy prophets (2 Peter 3:2)
By whom was the command given through your apostles?
Our Lord and Savior (2 Peter 3:2)
What was given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles?
A command (2 Peter 3:2)
When were words spoken by the holy prophets?
In the past (2 Peter 3:2)
What will scoffers do in the last days?
Come, scoffing and following their own evil desires (2 Peter 3:3)
What must you understand above all?
That in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires (2 Peter 3:3)
Who will come in the last days?
Scoffers (2 Peter 3:3)
Who will follow their own evil desires?
Scoffers (2 Peter 3:3)
What desires will scoffers follow in the last days?
Their own evil desires (2 Peter 3:3)
What will scoffers follow?
Their own evil desires (2 Peter 3:3)
When will scoffers come?
In the last days (2 Peter 3:3)
Who will come in the last days, scoffing and following their own evil desires?
Scoffers (2 Peter 3:3)
What will scoffers follow in the last days?
Their own evil desires (2 Peter 3:3)
How will scoffers come in the last days?
Scoffing and following their own evil desires (2 Peter 3:3)
Since when has everything gone on as it has since the beginning of creation?
Ever since our ancestors died (2 Peter 3:4)
What will scoffers say?
“Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation” (2 Peter 3:4)
How does everything go on ever since our ancestors died?
As it has since the beginning of creation (2 Peter 3:4)
By whose word did the heavens come into being long ago?
God’s (2 Peter 3:5)
When did the heavens come into being by God’s word?
Long ago (2 Peter 3:5)
What do scoffers deliberately forget?
That long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water (2 Peter 3:5)
What was formed out of water and by water?
The earth (2 Peter 3:5)
Out of what was the earth formed?
Water (2 Peter 3:5)
By what did the heavens come into being long ago?
God’s word (2 Peter 3:5)
What came into being long ago by God’s word?
The heavens (2 Peter 3:5)
By what was the earth formed?
Water (2 Peter 3:5)
What was deluged and destroyed by these waters?
The world of that time (2 Peter 3:6)
By what was the world of that time deluged and destroyed?
These waters (2 Peter 3:6)
For what are the present heavens and earth being kept?
The day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly (2 Peter 3:7)
By what are the present heavens and earth reserved for fire?
By the same word (OR By God’s word) (2 Peter 3:7)
What are reserved for fire?
The present heavens and earth (2 Peter 3:7)
For what are the present heavens and earth reserved?
Fire (2 Peter 3:7)
What are being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly?
The present heavens and earth (2 Peter 3:7)
What are reserved for fire by the same word?
The present heavens and earth (2 Peter 3:7)
Like what are a thousand years with the Lord?
A day (2 Peter 3:8)
With whom are a thousand years like a day?
The Lord (2 Peter 3:8)
Like what is a day with the Lord?
A thousand years (2 Peter 3:8)
What is like a thousand years with the Lord?
A day (2 Peter 3:8)
What are like a day with the Lord?
A thousand years (2 Peter 3:8)
What one thing should you not forget?
With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day (2 Peter 3:8)
With whom is a day like a thousand years?
The Lord (2 Peter 3:8)
Who is not wanting anyone to perish?
The Lord (2 Peter 3:9)
Who is not slow in keeping his promise?
The Lord (2 Peter 3:9)
How is the Lord not slow in keeping his promise?
As some understand slowness (2 Peter 3:9)
Whom does the Lord want to come to repentance?
Everyone (2 Peter 3:9)
What is the Lord not wanting?
Anyone to perish (2 Peter 3:9)
Who wants everyone to come to repentance?
The Lord (2 Peter 3:9)
Whom does the Lord not want to perish?
Anyone (2 Peter 3:9)
Who is patient with you?
The Lord (2 Peter 3:9)
In what is the Lord not slow?
Keeping his promise (2 Peter 3:9)
With what will the heavens disappear?
A roar (2 Peter 3:10)
Like what will the day of the Lord come?
A thief (2 Peter 3:10)
What will be laid bare?
The earth and everything done in it (2 Peter 3:10)
What will be destroyed by fire?
The elements (2 Peter 3:10)
What will come like a thief?
The day of the Lord (2 Peter 3:10)
By what will the elements be destroyed?
Fire (2 Peter 3:10)
How will the heavens disappear?
With a roar (2 Peter 3:10)
What will disappear with a roar?
The heavens (2 Peter 3:10)
Like whom will the day of the Lord come?
A thief (2 Peter 3:10)
What kind of people ought you to be since everything will be destroyed in this way?
You ought to live holy and godly lives (2 Peter 3:11)
Why ought you to live holy and godly lives?
Since everything will be destroyed in this way (2 Peter 3:11)
What ought you to live?
Holy and godly lives (2 Peter 3:11)
Who ought to live holy and godly lives?
Simon Peter’s dear friends (OR you) (2 Peter 3:11)
What will melt in the heat?
The elements (2 Peter 3:12)
In what will the elements melt?
The heat (2 Peter 3:12)
What will the day of God bring about?
The destruction of the heavens by fire (2 Peter 3:12)