I. Cultivation of Christian Character........... 1:1-21

A.  Salutation......................................... 1:1, 2

2Pe 1:1 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:

B.  Growth in Christ............................. 1:3-14

2Pe 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

C.  Grounds of Belief........................... 1:15-21

1.     Experience of the Transfiguration   1:15-18

2Pe 1:16 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.     Certainty of the Scriptures........ 1:19-21

2Pe 1:19 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:

II. Condemnation of False Teachers............. 2:1-22

A. Danger of False Teachers.................. 2:1-3

2Pe 2:1 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.

B.  Destruction of False Teachers........... 2:4-9

2Pe 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

C.  Description of False Teachers........ 2:10-22

2Pe 2:10 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.

III. Confidence of Christ's Return................. 3:1-18

A.  Mockery in the Last Days................. 3:1-7

2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

B.  Manifestation of the Day of the Lord  3:8-10

2Pe 3:10 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.

C.  Maturity in View of the Day of the Lord ......3:11-18

2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

2Pe 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.