2 Peter 3:16

2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 Peter 3:16 In all his letters shows awareness of some kind of collection of Paul’s letters. some things... hard to understand. Correctly understanding some hard passages of Scripture requires much effort and God-given wisdom. The ignorant and unstable twist Paul’s teachings as they do the other Scriptures. This implies that Paul’s writings were considered Scripture in NT times, having the same level of divine authority as the OT Scripture. The Greek word translated “Scriptures” occurs 51 times in the NT. Almost every time it refers to the OT Scripture. Twice (here and 1 Timothy 5:18) some NT writings are also included. This indicates that NT books written or authorized by Christ’s apostles were recognized to be God’s Word at a very early date.