2 Peter 3:1

My dear friends. AGAPETOI = those who form a unity in Christian love. Peter uses this four times in this chapter. This is now. He refers to the Letter of First Peter, and implies that only a short time separates the two letters. See note on 2 Peter 1:13. I have tried to arouse. As Peter writes, the next few years will be especially crucial for Jewish Christians. The Jewish wars will climax in the destruction of Jerusalem (70 A.D.), perhaps one-third of the Jewish nation will be killed, and the Jewish Christians will barely escape (1 Peter 4:17-18). Peter writes to arouse pure thoughts in their minds, because this will be the best defence against the false teachers. Truth and love are the two strongest weapons, and no false teacher can use them!!!