2 Peter 3:15-16
What is written? (ESV)
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
What does it say?
Consider also the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our brother Paul wrote to you in all his letters based on the wisdom given to him. Some of his writings are hard to understand – the things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own demise – just as they do with rest of all scripture.
What is its immediate context?
Peter’s final exhortation to hold a “firm grasp on the truth” (vs 17) and to “continue to grow in the grace and knowledge” of Christ (vs 18).
How 2 Peter 3:15-16 is applied across Bible answers
Is the Bible the word of God?
Peter believed Paul's writings were Scripture (e.g. "the word of God").
What is required to understand the Bible?
Peter acknowledges that some of the scripture, particularly what Paul wrote, is "hard to understand".
The very next verses confirm his audience had a "grasp of the truth" and his encouragement is to continue to grow [in the truth].
