{"id":49025,"date":"2022-06-30T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=49025"},"modified":"2022-07-15T20:40:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T01:40:09","slug":"background-of-ii-peter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/remember-a-study-of-ii-peter\/background-of-ii-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"Background of II Peter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Background of II Peter<\/h1>\n

Text: II Peter 1:1<\/p>\n

Getting Acquainted:<\/h2>\n
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  1. What section of the Bible does II Peter fit?<\/li>\n
  2. Read the book of II Peter in one sitting, as if you just received this letter from your grandpa.<\/li>\n
  3. What kind of book is II Peter?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Read the book of II Peter a second time while jotting down answers to the following questions:<\/p>\n

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    1. What words, phrases, or ideas do you see repeatedly being mentioned?<\/li>\n
    2. Who are the people mentioned in the book?<\/li>\n
    3. What events are mentioned that would help date this book?<\/li>\n
    4. What locations are mentioned?<\/li>\n
    5. Jot down any passages that were particularly hard to understand, so we can come back to them later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The Date<\/h2>\n

      There is a modern-day controversy over II Peter. Skeptics date the book between A.D. 80 to 90, and some date it as late as A.D. 150. If such were true, then the statement that it was written by Simon Peter would be false and thus, the entire book would not be from God.<\/p>\n

      The primary claim that it was written late is that it isn’t quoted by early Christian writers. It is a false claim because Clement of Rome loosely quotes II Peter in a book he wrote that is dated to A.D. 95.<\/p>\n