2 PETER 1-3 CHAPTERS INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY By Dennis Schmidt 7/15
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2 PETER 1:1-21 INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY
AUTHORSHIP & SALUTATION {2 PETER 1:1-2}
WHO: Peter WHO/WHY: To them that have obtained like precious faith with us
WAY: Obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: {2 Peter 1:1}
WHAT: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, {2 Peter 1:2}
CHRISTIAN GROWTH {2 PETER 1:3-11}
WHO: Given us all things WHY: Given all things pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: {2 Peter 1:3}
WHAT: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. {2 Peter 1:4}
WAY: Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; {2 Peter 1:5}
WITH: To knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; {2 Peter 1:6}
WITH: To godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. {2 Peter 1:7}
WANT: If these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. {2 Peter 1:8}
WHILE: He that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. {2 Peter 1:9}
WHEREAS: Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: {2 Peter 1:10}
WHICH: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. {2 Peter 1:11}
APOSTLE PETER'S TESTIMONY {2 PETER 1:12-21}
WHO/WHOM: I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. {2 Peter 1:12}
WHY: As long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; {2 Peter 1:13}
WITH: Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. {2 Peter 1:14}
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. {2 Peter 1:15}
WHEN: For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. {2 Peter 1:16}
WHEREAS: He received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. {2 Peter 1:17}
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. {2 Peter 1:18}
WAY: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: {2 Peter 1:19}
WHICH: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. {2 Peter 1:20}
WHAT: For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. {2 Peter 1:21}
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2 PETER 2:1-22 INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY
FALSE APOSTATE PROPHETS/TEACHERS {2 PETER 2:1-3}
WHO: False prophets WHOM: False teachers among you
WHAT: There were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. {2 Peter 2:1}
WAY: Many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. {2 Peter 2:2}
WHY: Through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. {2 Peter 2:3}
FALSE APOSTATE JUDGMENT EXAMPLES {2 PETER 2:4-6}
WHO: God WHOM: Angels/Old world people/Sodom & Gomorrha
WHAT: Spared not them
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; {2 Peter 2:4}
WAY: Delivered into destruction by darkness/Flood/Burnt
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; {2 Peter 2:5}
WHY: Making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly
And turning
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them
with an overthrow, making
them an
ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
{2
Peter 2:6}
WHEREAS: Saved Nsh & family/Lot & daughters
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: {2 Peter 2:7}
GOD'S JUSTISE {2 PETER 2:8-9}
WHO: Righteous man WHOM: Among them
WHY: For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) {2 Peter 2:8}
WHAT/WAY: The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: {2 Peter 2:9}
APOSTATE MARKS {2 PETER 2:10-19}
WHO: Them that walk after the flesh WHY: Walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. {2 Peter 2:10}
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. {2 Peter 2:11}
WITH: But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
But these,
as natural brute beasts,
made to be taken and destroyed,
speak evil of the things that they understand
not; and shall utterly
perish in their own corruption;
{2
Peter 2:12}
WAY: Shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; {2 Peter 2:13}
WHAT: Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: {2 Peter 2:14}
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; {2 Peter 2:15}
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. {2 Peter 2:16}
WHILE: These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. {2 Peter 2:17}
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. {2 Peter 2:18}
WHEREAS: While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. {2 Peter 2:19}
APOSTATE NO HOPE {2 PETER 2:20-22}
WHO: Thay have escaped WHOM: The Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
WAY: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. {2 Peter 2:20}
WHEREAS: For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. {2 Peter 2:21}
WHY: But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. {2 Peter 2:22}
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2 PETER 3:1-18 INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY
DAY OF THE LORD/NEW EARTH {2 PETER 3:1-7}
WHO: Beloved WHOM: I now write unto you
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: {2 Peter 3:1}
WHILE: Ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: {2 Peter 3:2}
WHEN: That there shall come in the last days scoffers
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, {2 Peter 3:3]
WHY: Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. {2 Peter 3:4}
WHAT: For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: {2 Peter 3:5}
WITH: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: {2 Peter 3:6}
WHERE: But the heavens and the earth WAY: by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. {2 Peter 3:7}
1000 YEARS/EARTH DESTRUCTION {2 PETER 3:8-13}
WHO: Beloved WHOM: Lord WHEN: That one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. {2 Peter 3:8}
WHAT: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.{2 Peter 3:9}
WHERE: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. {2 Peter 3:10}
WHY: Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, {2 Peter 3:11}
WAY: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? {2 Peter 3:12}
WHILE: We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. {2 Peter 3:13}
DAY OF THE LORD ADMONITIONS {2 PETER 3:14-18}
WHO: Beloved WHY: Seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. {2 Peter 3:14}
WHOM: Paul
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; {2 Peter 3:15}
WHAT: In all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. {2 Peter 3:16}
WAY: Beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. {2 Peter 3:17}
WANT: But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. {2 Peter 3:18}
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