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Who is the author of second Peter?
Simon Peter
When 1 Peter was written, the church was facing danger from_______, in the form of growing persecution. While that persecution had intensified by the time of second, Peter, his readers now faced a far more dangerous enemy., one that attacked from _______
Without, within
Peter wrote second Peter in response to the spread of heretical teachings, which were all the more insidious because they emerged from within the churches. These false teachers perverted the doctrine of justification and promoted a rebellious and immoral way of life.
True
2 Peter is a challenge to stand against false teachers and teaching through personal spiritual_________. It is a call to battle spiritual error with spiritual truth.
Growth
What is the theme of second Peter
Spiritual growth
While first Peter was written before Peter’s arrest around a_____, 2 Peter was written after his arrest, just before his execution around_____
AD 64, AD 67
In 1 Peter, Peter warned, suffering is coming. In 2 Peter, he declared, suffering is_______
Here
In 2Peter, Peter warned ________ _______ are coming, while Jude later declared false teachers are here
False teachers
_________ and ________ were both written to defend against false teachers
2 Timothy and 2 Peter
2 Timothy and 2 Peter were the_______ books penned by these leading apostles
Final
Peter and Paul were each_________ And awaiting execution when they penned these letters
Imprisoned
The word of God is testified by eyewitnesses 
True
Peter declares that the______ Word is sure and a greater value than even his eyewitness account of the actual transfiguration of Christ
Written
Scripture, not ___________ is always to be the source of truth and inspiration for the believer
Experience
No passage of scripture is of the________ Own private interpretation or opinion—-it is God‘s word
Writers