2 PETER

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God, through his grace in Jesus Christ, has granted to Christians the privilege of partaking of the divine nature.
God's grace results in godliness.
The revelations of truth in Christ is sure because it is from god and not from man-made myths.
False teachers are bound over for destruction at the hand of God.
False teachers are ethically bankrupt.
Believers must endure in the face of opposition, knowing that they live in the last days.
The Lord is patient with his creation, but will surely return in judgment like a thief in the night.
God rescues the righteous.

**Taken from the Crossway ESV Study Bible