He ends the letter with a short doxology (3:18). Parts of 2 Peter (2:1-18; 3:1-3) are very similar to parts of Jude (4-13, 16-18). Scholars have offered various guesses as to why this is the case.

Life has taught me that good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matters. Progress in life is man rsquo;s ability to complicate s ...