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2 PETER STUDY QUESTIONS
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CHAPTER INDEX
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 1
1. TRUE or FALSE - 2 Peter was written to Peter.

2. To whom did Peter say He was writing this letter?
A. The twelve tribes scattered abroad. 
B. Those who had obtained like precious faith. 
C. No one the letter was to Peter not from him. 
D. The elect according to the foreknowledge of God. 

3. What did the writer want multiplied to the reader?
A. Joy and mercy 
B. Faith and knowledge 
C. Truth and love 
D. Grace and peace 

4. To what have we as Christians been called?
A. Life and godliness 
B. Grace and mercy 
C. Faith and love 
D. Glory and virtue 

5. What have we as Christians escaped?
A. The Law of Moses 
B. The corruption in the world 
C. The wrath of God 
D. The snare of sin and death 

6. And beside this, giving all ____________, add to your __________ virtue; and to virtue ___________;  (6)  And to ___________ temperance; and to temperance ___________; and to ___________ godliness;  (7)  And to godliness brotherly ___________; and to brotherly ___________   ___________. - 2 Peter 1:5-7 

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 7. How many things does Peter say should be added to a Christian’s life after faith?
A. 5 
B. None, faith is sufficient 
C. 7 
D. 8

8. What 2 things will you not be if you add these things and they abound in you?
A. Neither barren nor unfruitful 
B. Neither ignorant nor unlearned 
C. Neither miserable nor disappointed 
D. None of the above 

9. What has the one that lacks these things forgotten? 
A. Why he should be growing. 
B. He was purged from his sins. 
C. How to see afar off 
D. How to add 

10. What is guaranteed if we do these things? 
A. We will never fall. 
B. We will be happier. 
C. We will grow closer to God. 
D. There is no guarantee. 

11. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said that by doing the things in verses 5-7 you will have an entrance into the kingdom.

12. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said he didn’t need to remind them of these things because they already knew them.

13. Peter said he would put them in remembrance as long as he was in what?
A. The Spirit 
B. The kingdom 
C. This tabernacle 
D. The apostleship 

14. What did Peter know he must do shortly? 
A. Come to see the Christians to whom he was writing 
B. Write another letter to someone else 
C. Go on trial for being a Christian 
D. Put off his tabernacle 

15. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said that he wanted them to remember these things even after he died.

16. What about Christ did Peter say he and the other apostles were eyewitnesses of?
A. His majesty 
B. His miracles 
C. His resurrection 
D. His life 

17. What does Peter say Jesus received from the Father?
A. Praise and strength 
B. Love and acceptance 
C. Power and life 
D. Honour and glory 

18. Where was Peter when he heard God’s voice confirming Jesus as His son? 
A. In the temple 
B. In the holy mount 
C. In the Spirit 
D. On a house rooftop 

19. What did Peter hope would arise in their hearts? 
A. Love for God
B. Faith in Christ 
C. The day star 
D. The hope of heaven 

20. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said that prophecies must be interpreted privately.

21. Who does Peter say spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost?
A. The apostles 
B. Prophets 
C. Holy men 
D. Priests 

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Chapter 2
1. What heresy does Peter specifically mention to show just how far some false prophets would go?
A. They would deny the Lord. 
B. They would deny the existence of Hell. 
C. He did not give any specific examples. 
D. They would advocate keeping the law of Moses. 

2. What kind of ways does Peter say many shall follow
A. Ungodly 
B. Pernicious 
C. Unrighteous 
D. Covetous

3. What did Peter say ‘slumbereth not’? 
A. The scriptures 
B. God 
C. Satan 
D. Their damnation 

4. TRUE or FALSE - Peter says that God forgave the angels who sinned.

5. What does Peter call Noah?
A. A prophet 
B. A preacher of righteousness 
C. Perfect in his generation 
D. A faithful servant 

6. What cities does Peter say were turned to ashes?
A. Tyre and Sidon 
B. Nineveh and Babylon 
C. Jerusalem and Bethel 
D. Sodom and Gomorrha 

7. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said God destroyed those cities because he was vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.

8. What did Peter say that Lot did to his soul by living among the wicked?
A. Tempted it 
B. Ignored it 
C. Vexed it 
D. Destroyed it 


9. TRUE or FALSE - Peter says that the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations.

10. In this verse Peter talks about people who despise what?
A. Government 
B. God’s grace 
C. The Lord’s chastening 
D. Prophesying 

11. What two ways does Peter mention that angels are greater than humans?
A. Knowledge and faith 
B. Age and size 
C. Power and might 
D. Trust and obedience 

12. Peter says these evil people will perish in their own . . . 
A. Sin 
B. Blood 
C. Trap 
D. Corruption 

13. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said these wicked people would receive a reward.

14. Peter says their eyes are full of . . .
A. Greed 
B. Adultery 
C. Compassion 
D. Love 

15. These sinful people were following the way of what Old Testament person? 
A. Balaam 
B. Cain 
C. Saul 
D. Korah 

16. Who rebuked this sinful man for his iniquity? 
A. A donkey 
B. God 
C. Samuel 
D. Moses 

17. What does Peter compare these wicked people to?
A. Briars and thistles 
B. Serpents and Lions 
C. Wells and clouds 
D. Fallen angels and demons 

18. TRUE or FALSE - Paul says these people allure others through the lusts of the flesh.

19. What do they promise the people they are tempting?
A. Pleasure 
B. Wealth 
C. Friendship 
D. Liberty 

20. How does Peter say some people end up worse off after coming to the knowledge of Christ than they were before.
A. They refused to obey what they learned. 
B. They became entangled in the pollutions of the world again. 
C. They lost their relationships with their family. 
D. They can’t be worse off afterwards.

21. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said it would be better for some people not to have known the way of righteousness.

22. What two animals are mentioned in the proverb that Peter uses to describe people who turned from the holy commandment? 
A. Lion and bear 
B. Snake and fox 
C. Mule and donkey 
D. Dog and pig 

23. For it had been ____________ for them not to have ____________  the way of ____________ ___, than, after they have ____________  it, to ____________  from the holy ____________ ____ delivered unto them. - 2 Peter 2:21 

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Chapter 3
1. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said that he was writing to stir up their anger by remembering their history.

2. They were to be mindful of whose words?
A. Prophets and apostles 
B. The Lord and apostles 
C. Prophets and kings 
D. Elders and deacons 

3. Who did Peter say would come in the last days? 
A. Antichrists 
B. Scoffers 
C. False prophets 
D. Jesus 

4. The scoffers say all things continue. . .?
A. Changing constantly 
B. To get worse and worse 
C. As from the beginning of creation 
D. To get better 

5. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said these scoffers are willfully ignorant about the past.

6. What does Peter say changed in the past? 
A. The world was flooded with water 
B. The Earth was hit by a meteor 
C. There was an ice age 
D. Angels came down and took human wives 
E. People evolved from apes 

7. What does Peter say keeps the Heavens and Earth in store? 
A. Gravity and orbiting around the Sun 
B. Righteous men and women 
C. Nothing 
D. The same word of God that created it 

8. Peter did not want them to be ignorant of what one thing?
A. There is no name under Heaven other than Jesus by which we must be saved. 
B. God loves the world and will never destroy it. 
C. To the Lord one day is as 1000 years and 1000 years as one day. 
D. He was an apostle who had seen the risen Lord.

9. TRUE or FALSE - Peter says that God wants wicked people to perish. 

10. But the _______ of the Lord will come as a  _______  in the  _______ ; in the which the  _______  shall pass away with a great  _______ , and the elements shall  _______  with fervent  _______ , the  _______  also and the  _______  that are therein shall be  _______  up. - 2 Peter 3:10 

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11. Why does Peter say we ought to live in holy conversation and godliness? 
A. God is going to punish those who do not. 
B. All these things shall be dissolved. 
C. Because there is no better life to live 
D. To be able to be a light to the world 

12. What does Peter say is coming that we should be looking for? 
A. The Antichrist 
B. The day of God 
C. Tribulation and persecution 
D. The kingdom of Christ and His 1000 year reign 

13. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said God promised a new heavens and a new earth.

14. How did Peter say we should want to be found by God? 
A. In peace  
B. Blameless 
C. Without spot 
D. All of the above 
E. None of the above 
F. A and C 
G. B and C 
H. A and B 

15. Which other apostle does Peter mention? 
A. Paul 
B. John 
C. Matthew 
D. None of the above 

16. TRUE or FALSE - Peter said that educated and intelligent people twist the scriptures. 

17. TRUE or FALSE - Peter warns them to beware, but says true believers can’t fall from their steadfastness.

18. In what does Peter tell them to grow? 
A. Love and trust 
B. Faith and hope 
C. Grace and knowledge 
D. Honor and obedience 

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