2 Peter Quiz

Answer key for 2 Peter Quiz

1. Q1: According to the opening verse, to whom is this epistle addressed? Answer: To them that have obtained like precious faith. Peter writes to those who have obtained 'like precious faith' through righteousness. Reference: 2 Peter 1:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: What does Peter say has been given unto us through the knowledge of Him? Answer: All things that pertain unto life and godliness. His divine power hath given us all things pertaining to life and godliness. Reference: 2 Peter 1:3 (KJV).
3. Q3: In the 'ladder of faith,' what virtue is to be added immediately after 'temperance'? Answer: Patience. The sequence is temperance, then patience, then godliness. Reference: 2 Peter 1:6 (KJV).
4. Q4: Peter states that prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but by what means? Answer: Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Prophecy was delivered as holy men were moved by the Holy Ghost. Reference: 2 Peter 1:21 (KJV).
5. Q5: Whom did God save as the 'eighth person' when He brought the flood upon the world of the ungodly? Answer: Noah. Noah is described as a preacher of righteousness and the eighth person saved. Reference: 2 Peter 2:5 (KJV).
6. Q6: Which Old Testament figure is described as 'just' and 'vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked'? Answer: Lot. God delivered just Lot, who was vexed by the behavior of the wicked in Sodom. Reference: 2 Peter 2:7 (KJV).
7. Q7: Peter uses a proverb about which animal returning to its own vomit? Answer: A dog. The proverb describes a dog turning to his own vomit again. Reference: 2 Peter 2:22 (KJV).
8. Q8: What specific measurement of time does Peter use to describe the Lord's perspective? Answer: One day is as a thousand years. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Reference: 2 Peter 3:8 (KJV).
9. Q9: How will the day of the Lord come, according to Peter? Answer: As a thief in the night. The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. Reference: 2 Peter 3:10 (KJV).
10. Q10: Whose epistles does Peter mention, noting that they contain 'some things hard to be understood'? Answer: Paul. Peter refers to the writings of 'our beloved brother Paul.' Reference: 2 Peter 3:15 (KJV).