# Outline of the Second Letter of Saint Peter 1\. Opening Address (**1:1-2)** 2\. God\'s Precious Promises (**1:3-21)** A. The Vocation to Virtue (1:3-11) B. The Sure Prophetic Word (1:12-21) 3\. Denunciation of False Teachers (**2:1-22)** A. The Presence of Deceivers (2:1-3) B. The Punishment of Deceivers (2:4-10) C. The Poison of Deceivers (2:11-22) 4\. The Promised Return of Christ (**3:1-17)** A. The Skepticism of Scoffers (3:1-7) B. The Day of the Lord (3:8-13) C. Final Exhortation (3:14-17) 5\. Closing Doxology (**3:18)** --- > Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, *The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament*, Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010).