2 Peter 3:1

It is natural to most of us on a first reading to assume that the first Epistle here alluded to must be what we know as 1 Peter; but this has been denied by critics of eminence, who hold that 1 Peter does not answer to the description before us: and further that 2 P. speaks of personal intercourse between writer and readers (2 Peter 1:16 ἐγνωρίσαμεν ὑμῖν) which is not the case in 1 Peter. One point which is urged is undeniably true, namely, that many apostolic letters must have perished, and there is no necessity to regard 1 Peter as being meant: but the objections to doing so are not conclusive.

διεγείρω ἐν ὑπομνήσει occurred above, 2 Peter 1:13.

εἰλικρινῆ, pure, genuine, unmixed: then pure, morally. εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ� in Philippians 1:10 is the only other occurrence of the adjective in N.T. The substantive εἰλικρίνεια is coupled with ἀλήθεια in 1 Corinthians 5:8.