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2 Peter 3 Bible study: Grow in the grace

The last chapter opens, "I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you" (3:1), and the letter's last verse says, "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen." (3:18).

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“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.”
2 Peter 3:18 · World English Bible

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“2 Peter 1:2 says, "Grace to you and peace be multiplied".”

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In the text

The chapter opens, "This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you" (3:1) (tap sincere, reminding), "that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior" (3:2) (tap remember). These notes give this chapter as the WEB has it, explain it no further than its own words and the lexicons, and apply it to no one, no church, teacher, people or group, then or now.

Where the Old Testament leads here

A promise kept

In the text

Isaiah 65:17leads to2 Peter 3:13

The LORD says, "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind" (Isaiah 65:17). Peter (2 Peter 1:1) writes of "the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 1:16), and asks his readers to "remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets" (2 Peter 3:2). After "the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night" (2 Peter 3:10), he writes, "But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells" (2 Peter 3:13). Peter doesn't name Isaiah; new heavens and a new earth are the WEB's words in both, and Isaiah 66:22 has "the new heavens and the new earth". Peter calls it "his promise" (2 Peter 3:13), still looked for: "seeing that you look for these things" (2 Peter 3:14).

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The Greek word behind it

αὐξάνωauxanosay owx-AN-o

Strong's: "to grow". "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (3:18): behind grow is this verb, and 2 Peter has it only here (in all eight editions TAGNT compares). Favor's 1 Corinthians 3 studies it.

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2 Peter 3 Bible study questions

  1. 1"be diligent" (3:14). What helps you keep going, week after week, in something that matters to you?
  2. 2"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (3:18). Where would you like to grow this year, and how could the group help?
  3. 3"To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen." (3:18). The letter ends there. What would your group like to give thanks for as you finish it?

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Last reviewed October 12, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Hebrew and Greek words are checked against the original-language texts and public-domain lexicons. What we believe · Favor home