3:1
This very strongly implies that this letter was written by Peter and that he is referring to 1 Peter. Those who deny Petrine authorship have to start making things up for which we have no evidence. In fact it is a fairly common feature that sceptics who claim to be rational often make the most irrational claims.
In both letters Peter sought to remind his readers. We need to be reminded of the basic truths of the gospel. The world is lost and constantly bombards us with erroneous or even demonic teachings. It is easy to be taken in by these things, so we need to be reminded of the truth. Notice the importance of the mind. All of the New Testament places a great emphasis on the mind, and Peter did so in his first letter (1 Pet 1:13). What and how we think matters.
3:2
Peter is going to be speaking about the return of Christ, the Day of the Lord. Throughout church history there have been wrong teachings about the return of Christ. It was true then, and it is certainly true today. Peter points them back to the prophets, meaning the Old Testament prophets, Jesus’ own teaching, and this was given to them through the apostles. Any sensible teaching on the return of Christ will be based on the Bible, and not on the idle speculations of men. If some supposed teaching on Revelation is based on “new” findings then the safest course of action is to simply ignore it.
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