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Jude & 2 Peter

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How would you know if you were hearing false teaching?

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Pseudepigrapha

What is the problem of the Pseudepigrapha for Biblical authority?

What is the significance of Jude 17-18; 2 Pet 1:16; 3:15-16 for the argument of authorship?

Define “canon” and “apocrypha.”

Does the pseudonymity of 2 Peter really matter for us? Explain.

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Jude and Peter

Read the opening of each letter.

What is similar and dissimilar between these two writers? (c.f. 2 Pet 1:14-18)

What concerning development can be seen arising for the end of the apostolic period? Why do we know that they are not surprised?

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False Teaching

How do the false teachers seem to be like the apostles? (Jd 2-3; 2 Pet 1:2, 4-5a; 2:19-21)

What is “participation in the divine nature”? (2 Pet 1:4)

How is the teaching and model of the false teachers recognised?

(Jd 4, 10, 12-13, 18; 2 Pet 1:19-21; 2:1-3, 12, 17-19; 3:3-4)

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Godly Living

How does godliness guard against false teaching? (Jd 20-23; 2 Pet 1:5-8, 10-11)

Why is it important to consider the model of our leaders and not just what they say?

What is the foundation of our confidence and motivation for our way of life? (Jd 3, 24-25; 2 Pet 1:12-21; 2:4-9; 3:1-2, 8-9, 15-16)

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Judgement

What is the true situation for those who turn aside from truth and misrepresent it? ( Jd 4-11; 2 Pet 2:1-10)

How does this reflect on the question of pseudonymity?

Where does this fit into the order of God’s plans for them, for us and for the world? (Jd 23; 2 Pet 3:5-10; 11-18)

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Reflecting

What suggestions would Jude and Peter make for us dealing with false teaching and its effects?