but he acknowledges how difficult they can be to understand (3:15-16). He ends the letter with a short doxology (3:18). Parts of 2 Peter (2:1-18; 3:1-3) are very similar to parts of Jude (4-13 ...

20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though ...

15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, [1] who loved the wages of wickedness.