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Begin Typing VigilThe salutation (1:1-2) passes over into an exhortation (1:2-11) to attain, by means of a pure and diligent life, that ἐπίγνωσις of the divine nature which is at once the privilege and goal of Christianity. Such a reminder (1:12f) comes with special aptness from one whose apostolic relation to Jesus guarantees his witness to the historic voice of God. Furthermore, Christians (1:19f) have OT prophecy to be their light in this darkling world until the second advent of Jesus.
The mention of the OT prophets, however, reminds the writer that there were false prophets as well, and this leads him (2:1f) to denounce in round terms the false teachers of his own day as vicious, greedy, and insubordinate characters who will share the doom of their prototypes, viz. the fallen angels, the contemporaries of Noah, and the men of Sodom and Gomorrha. The prediction of the doom awaiting these apostates is followed (2:10f) by a pungent description of their malpractices. In writing thus, the author is only reminding his readers once more of the OT prophecies and the apostolic injunctions (3:1-2), They must remember that the appearance of those who idly scoff at the second advent is one mark of the latter days (3:3-7), whereas the coming of the Lord’s day is sure (3:8f). This great hope of a new world implies that Christians must keep themselves pure and steadfast, to be worthy of it (3:11f). With an appeal to Paul’s authority for the view of a gracious purpose in the delay of the end (3:15f), and a final exhortation to growth in the grace and γνῶσις of Christ, the pastoral ends in a brief doxology (3:18).
Included here are the Catholic Epistles, Hebrews, and the formerly canonical works of the Second Testament.