Scripture index: 2 Peter

2Pe 1:1
- Effectual grace › Faith, repentance are gifts of God
- Hypostatic union › Jesus is God
- Jesus is God › God
- Order of salvation › Regeneration produces faith, repentance
- Trinity › Son is fully God
2Pe 1:2–4
- Essential doctrines › God (non-specific)
2Pe 1:3–11
- Assurance of salvation › True assurance
2Pe 1:6
- Attention-deficit disorder › Self-control
2Pe 1:10
- Assurance of salvation › Basis of true and false assurance
- Unconditional election › All occurrences of “election”
2Pe 1:11
- Hypostatic union › Jesus is God
- Jesus is God › God
- Trinity › Son is fully God
2Pe 1:12–15
- Attention-deficit disorder › Attentiveness
2Pe 1:16
- Jesus is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
2Pe 1:17
- God is love › The Father loves the Son, the Son loves the Father, etc.
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father)
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
- Jesus is God › “My glory I give to no other”
- Scripture › New Testament canon
- Scripture › Apostles recognized each others’ writings as Scripture
2Pe 1:19
- Church › Right preaching of the word
- Means of grace › Preaching/teaching of the Word
- Scripture › NT authors assume church will understand their writings
2Pe 1:19–21
- Scripture › Scripture is highest objective authority
- Scripture › Scripture is the only rule of faith and life (sola Scriptura)
2Pe 1:20
- Scripture › But some things are “hard to understand”
2Pe 1:21
- Providence › Concurrence in human will
- Revelation › God’s method hasn’t changed—Holy Spirit led prophets in former days
2Pe 2:1
- Arminianism › Atonement is unlimited
- Church › Visible and invisible
- Definite atonement › Some for whom Christ died may not ultimately be saved
- Slavery › Covenant people are slaves to God
- Subjects of baptism › Some church members are unregenerate (i.e. new covenant community is “mixed”)
2Pe 2:1–3
- Essential doctrines › Unbelief and heresy are damnable
- Gospel › Warnings against false gospels/doctrines
2Pe 2:4
- Hell › Tartarus, “prison”, “chain”, “abyss” (intermediate state, lowest part of Hades, only fallen angels?)
2Pe 2:4–5
- Sons of God in Genesis 6 › Seems to find support in New Testament
2Pe 2:7–9
- Preservation of the saints › God is able to preserve
2Pe 2:18
- Vain thoughts › False doctrine, worldly wisdom, philosophy is vain, wasted thought
2Pe 2:19
- Slavery › Sinners are enslaved to sin
2Pe 2:20–22
- Church › Visible and invisible
2Pe 2:21
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
2Pe 2:22
- Old Testament canon › Proverbs
2Pe 3:2
- God’s word › In written form (Scripture)
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
- Scripture › Allusions to bi-covenantal canon
2Pe 3:3
- Scripture › New Testament canon
- Scripture › Apostles recognized each others’ writings as Scripture
2Pe 3:3–7
- Science › God promised the fixed order of things will continue
2Pe 3:3–13
- Covenant theology › Noahic covenant
2Pe 3:5
- Ex nihilo creation › Water was pre-existent?
2Pe 3:6–7
- Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc.
2Pe 3:7
- Providence › Preservation
2Pe 3:9
- Arminianism › God is love, desires salvation of all
- Definite atonement › God desires salvation of all
2Pe 3:10
- Second coming › “No man knows the day or the hour”
2Pe 3:12
- Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc.
2Pe 3:13
- Heaven › New heavens and new earth
2Pe 3:14–18
- Essential doctrines › Unbelief and heresy are damnable
- Gospel › Warnings against false gospels/doctrines
2Pe 3:15–16
- Scripture › New Testament canon
- Scripture › But some things are “hard to understand”
- Scripture › Apostles recognized each others’ writings as Scripture
2Pe 3:17
- Unconditional election › All occurrences of “foreknew”
2Pe 3:18
- Jesus is God › “Besides me there is no savior”
- Jesus is God › “My glory I give to no other”

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