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2 Peter KJV

New Testament · 3 chapters · 61 verses · about 8 minutes to read

Peter urges believers to add to their faith and warns at length about false teachers who deny the Lord. He answers scoffers who ask where the promise of his coming is: God is not slack, but longsuffering.

Author: Peter, near the end of his lifeTraditionally dated about AD 66Theme: grow, and beware

Chapters

Outline of 2 Peter

Key verses

2 Peter 1:3

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 3:9

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 3:18

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.

Well-known verses in 2 Peter

2 Peter 3:9

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 1:4

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 2:4

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 2:7

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

2 Peter 2:8

(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 2:5

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 1:20-21

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 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 1:5-6

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

2 Peter 3:18

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 1:5-8

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 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.

How long 2 Peter is

Chapters: 3Verses: 61Words: about 1,553Read in: about 8 minutesLongest chapter: 2 Peter 2 (22 verses)

2 Peter is the 61st book of the Bible and the 22nd of the New Testament, between 1 Peter and 1 John. Compare all 66 books →

Common questions

Who wrote the book of 2 Peter?

Peter, near the end of his life.

When was 2 Peter written?

It is traditionally dated about AD 66.

What is the book of 2 Peter about?

Peter urges believers to add to their faith and warns at length about false teachers who deny the Lord. He answers scoffers who ask where the promise of his coming is: God is not slack, but longsuffering.

How long is 2 Peter?

2 Peter has 3 chapters and 61 verses in the King James Version — about 1,553 words.

How long does it take to read 2 Peter?

about 8 minutes at an ordinary reading pace of about 200 words a minute.

How many chapters are in 2 Peter?

3.

How many verses are in 2 Peter?

61.

What is the longest chapter in 2 Peter?

2 Peter 2, with 22 verses. The shortest is 2 Peter 3, with 18.

Where is 2 Peter in the Bible?

2 Peter is the 61st book of the Bible and the 22nd of the New Testament, between 1 Peter and 1 John.

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