II. Exhortation to Spiritual Growth (1:3-11)

A. Call to Partake of Divine Power (1:3-4)

B. Make Your Call and Election Sure (1:5-11)

III. Reminder of the Truth of the Gospel (1:12-21)

A. Peter’s Concern that His Readers Know the Truth (1:12-15)

B. Peter an Eyewitness to the Truth of the Gospel (1:16-18)

C. The Prophets Attest to the Truth of the Gospel (1:19-21)

IV. Warning Against Destructive Teaching (2:1-22)

A. Conduct of False Teachers Described (2:1-3)

B. Their Judgment Pronounced (2:4-11)

C. Their Sinful Ways Denounced (2:12-17)

D. Their Deceptions Described (2:18-22)

V. The Coming of the Lord (3:1-16)

A. Peter’s Purpose in Writing (3:1-2)

B. The Certainty of His Coming (3:3-9)

C. The Day of the Lord (3:10-13)

C. Be Steadfast in the Face of Wicked People (3:14-16)

VI. Closing (3:17-18)