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Index1. Overall Chiasm of 2 Peter (work of J. W. McMillan augmented by J. M. Gibbs)
Overall Chiasm of 2 Peter (1x = once
only in 2 Peter)
| 1.1 | Saviour (σωτήρ 4x) Jesus Christ | 3.18b | Saviour (σωτήρ) Jesus Christ |
| .2 | Grace (χάρις - 2x) to you be multiplied in assured knowledge (ἐπίγνθσις - 4x) | .18a | Grow in grace (χάρις) and in knowledge (γνῶσις - 3x) |
| .3 | assured knowledge (ἐπίγνωσις) | .17 | knowing beforehand (προγινώσκω - 1x) |
| .4 | his precious and exceeding great promises | .16b | the other scriptures |
| .5b-6a | knowledge (γνῶσις), knowledge (γνῶσις) | .16a | things hard to understand (δυσνόητα - hap.leg.) |
| .7 | brotherly (φιλαδέλφια), love (ἀγάπη) | .15b | beloved (ἀγαπητός), brother (αδελφός) |
| .9 | cleansing from his old sins | .14b | be found spotless and blameless |
| .10 | be diligent! (σπουδάσατε - 2x) | .14a | be diligent! (σπουδάσατε) |
| .11 | entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ | .13b | we look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness |
| .12a | put you in remembrance of these things the truth | .13a | But according to his promises |
| .13 | I am in this tabernacle putting you in remembrance of the Day of God | .12 | looking for the Coming (παρουσια -3x) |
| .14 | the putting off of my tabernacle | .10-11 | these things are to dissolved |
| .15 | after my decease | The Lord is not slack concerning his promises as some count slackness | |
| 16a | We did not follow cunningly devised myths | .9 | The Lord is not slack concerning his promises as some count slackness |
| .16b | Coming (παρουσία) of our Lord Jesus Christ | .8 .4 |
Forget
not this one thing Where is the promise of his coming (παρουσία) |
| .16c | We were eyewitnesses of his majesty | .2c | Your apostles |
| (.17-18 | Tranfiguration) | ||
| .19a | We have the prophetic (προφητικός - 1x) word | .2a | Remember the predictive words of the holy prophets (προφῆται - 2x) |
| .19d | in your hearts | .1b | your sincere mind |
| .20 | prophecy of scripture (γραφή - 2x) | .1a | I write (γράφω - 2x) to you |
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(2.1-22: False teachers based in large part on Jude) |
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| 2.1a | There arose false prophets as also among you | 2.22c | Sow wallowing in mire |
| .1b | there shall be false teachers | .22b | Dog returning to its own vomit |
| .1c | who will secretly bring in destructive heresies | .21c | after knowing it, they turn back from the holy commandment |
| .2 | The Way (ὁδός - 3x) of truth | .21b | The Way (ὁδός) of righteousness |
| .3 | Greed false words their condemnation has not been idle | .21a | It would have been better for them never to have known |
| .4 | God cast [angels] into Gehenna | .20d | The last state has become worse than the first |
| .5 | ancient world (κόσμος - 4x) | .20a | Escaped the defilement of the world (κόσμος) |
| .7a | [God] rescued the righteous Lot | .19 | whatever overcomes one, to that he is enslaved. |
| .7b | Licentiousness (ἀσέλγεια - 3x) | .18c | Licentiousness (ἀσέλγεια) |
| .8-9 | [Lot] vexed in righteous soul the Lord knows how to rescue from trial | .18a | Uttering loud boasts of folly, they entice |
| .10 | Flesh in lusts (σαρκὸς ἐν επιθυμίᾳ; σάρξ - 2x; ἐπιθυμία 4x) | .18b | Lusts of flesh (ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις σαρκὸς) |
| .11 | Railing judgement | .17 | For whom blackness of darkness has been reserved |
| .12 | As reasonless living creatures, born natural beings | .16 | Dumb ass |
| .13 | The reward of wrong-doing (μισθὸν ἀδικίας; μισθός - 2x; ἀδικία 2x) | .15d | The reward of wrong-doing (μισθὸν ἀδικίας) |
| .13b | That count it pleasure | .15c | Who loved |
| .14a | Eyes full of adultery | .15a | Forsaking the right way astray way of Balaam |
| .14b | And that cannot cease from sin | .14e | Children of cursing |
| .14c | Enticing unsteadfast souls | 14d | Having a heart exercised in covetousness |
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(CENTRE: CHARACTER OF FALSE TEACHERS) |
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| 1a | Jesus Christ | 25b | Through Jesus Christ our Lord |
| 1b | beloved in God the Father | 25a | the only God our Saviour |
| 1c | kept for Jesus Christ | 25a | Able to guard you from stumbling |
| 3a | Our common salvation (σωτερία - 1x) | 23 21 |
Some
save (σῴζω
- 2x) Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life |
| 3b | Contend earnestly for the faith (πίστις - 2x) once delivered to the saints (ἅγιος - 3x) | 20 | Building up yourselves on your most holy (ἅγιος) faith (πίστις). |
| 4a | For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, | 19 | It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. |
| 4b | ungodly persons (ἀσεβής - 3x) who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. | 18 | How that they said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions." (ἀσέβεια -2x) |
| 5a | Now I desire to remind (ὑπομνῆσαι - 1x) you, though you were once for all fully informed, | 17 | But you must remember (μνήθητε - 1x) the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ |
| 5b | that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe (cf. Num. 14.16) | 16 | These are murmerers (Num. 14.2, 36), malcontents, |
| 6 | And the angels that did not keep their own position Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities (Deut. 29.23) | 14b | "Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads (Deut. 33.2) |
| 8a | These in their dreamings defile the flesh, | 13 | Wild waves wandering stars |
| 8b | reject authority and revile the glorious ones. | 12c 12b |
Clouds
without water
Shepherds that without fear feed themselves. |
| 9a | Michael disputed (διελέγετο - 1x) | 11d | The rebellion (ἀντιλογία - 1x) of Korah |
| 10a | But these revile whatever they do not understand, | 11c | Balaams error |
| 10b | and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals, | 11b | For they walk in the way of Cain. |
| 10c | They are destroyed. | 11a | Woe to them! |