Perhaps Peter has this in mind when he writes his parting admonition: “You, therefore, beloved ones, having this advance knowledge, be on your guard that you may not be led away with them by the error of the law - defying people and fall from your own steadfastness. ”
לאחר מכן, הוא חותם את איגרתו ומפציר: ” גידלו בחסד ובדעת אדוננו ומושיענו ישוע המשיח ” (‏ פטרוס ב ’.