The NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012–2013, ed.

May 12
Lesson 11
SURE HOPE

DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 130
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 2 Peter 1


2 PETER 1:2–15, 20, 21

LESSON OUTLINE

Introduction
      A.      How Permanent Is “Permanent”?
      B.      Lesson Background
          I.      Hope’s Resources (2 PETER 1:2–4)
      A.      Knowledge (vv. 2, 3)
      B.      Promises (v. 4)
          II.      Hope’s Character (2 PETER 1:5–9)
      A.      Virtue Ladder (vv. 5–7)
      “Give Me a Drink!”
      B.      Fruitful Relationship (v. 8)
      C.      Spiritual Sight (v. 9)
          III.      Hope’s Persistence (2 PETER 1:10–15)
      A.      In the Present (v. 10)
      B.      For Eternity (v. 11)
      Eternal
      C.      Until Death (vv. 12–15)
          IV.      Hope’s Foundation (2 PETER 1:20, 21)
      A.      What Is True (v. 20)
      B.      Why It’s True (v. 21)
Conclusion
      A.      The Power of the Gospel
      B.      Prayer
      C.      Thought to Remember


The NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012–2013, ed. Ronald L. Nickelson and Jonathan Underwood (Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 2012). 314.