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Words are the currency of civilization. They have a powerful effect in daily life by challenging, confronting or comforting the hearer. Near the end of his life, Peter wrote this letter to first-century Christians, warning them of the danger they were in from those seeking to destroy the church of Jesus Christ with corrosive words. Today, the church is in danger of being marginalized by secular...

(2:10–12) Peter now presents an awful prospect to his readers: God is holy and righteous. To be true to himself he must and will judge sin. Peter now moves from history into the present to show the relevance to his readers of what happened in the past; he also works out the logical outcome from that teaching. The false teachers who infiltrated the early church were arrogant and audacious. They defied God and men, and they did
Pages 66–67
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