2 Peter 1


2 Peter 1 is the first chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author identifies himself as "Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" and the epistle is traditionally attributed to Peter the Apostle, but there are charges that it is a work of Peter's followers between 60-90 CE.

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
There is an obvious relationship between the texts of 2 Peter and the Epistle of Jude. The shared passages are:
2 PeterJude
1:53
1:125
2:14
2:46
2:67
2:10–118–9
2:1210
2:13–1711–13
3:2-317-18
3:1424
3:1825

Salutation (1:1–2)

Verse 1

As Christians have obtained the "power" and "promise" for their resources, Peter urges that they "make every effort" to achieve the goal, that is "to grow to be like Jesus", following the steps towards it :

Reasons for the emphasis (1:12–21)

Verse 18

Reference to Transfiguration of Jesus.