wonderfully how a believer can have assurance of his or her salvation. Peter also wanted to persuade his readers of the divine character of the apostolic writings (1:12–21). Near the end of the letter, he presents reasons for the delay in Christ’s second coming (3:1–13). Another recurring theme is the importance of knowledge. Some form of the word “knowledge” appears sixteen times in these three short chapters. It is not too much to say that Peter’s primary solution to false teaching is knowledge