2 Peter
D. A. Carson & Douglas J. Moo
An Introduction to the New Testament
This letter still has some important things to say to the church. Its opening greeting looks for an abundance of grace and peace for its readers “through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Pet. 1:2), and its closing exhortation is to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (3:18). The writer is clear that there is no place in the church for those who decline to increase their knowledge of their Savior. Christians are to be continually learning. They are to add knowledge to goodness (1:5).
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