When we discover an epistle which has the dignity and originality and high ethical character of 2 Peter, in which are no anachronisms that the most searching investigation can discover, and in which are found no absurd miracles or foolish legends or heretical teaching contrary to the spirit and character of Peter, but in which there are touches that remind one of the fiery apostle described in the Acts and the Gospels, and in the very body of which there are claims of Petrine authorship, and which commended itself in the course of years to the general body of Christians when tested in the crucible of experience, then it is a fair conclusion that we have here a genuine message of the Apostle-Preacher Peter, and the world of the twentieth century can profit greatly by heeding his threefold message.
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当我们发现一封书信具有彼得后书一样的高贵品质、创新性和高尚的道德观，通过大多数的调查方法也找不出任何年代错误，其中也没有任何怪诞的神迹、愚蠢的传说或与彼得的思想人格相悖的异端教训，反倒随时提醒我们记起使徒行传和福音书中描述的那位充满激情的使徒，并且在信中直接宣告了彼得是作者，又经过多年的严峻的考验而受到基督徒的普遍称赞，那么我们可以公平地得出结论说这是一封真正出自使徒-布道家彼得的信，并且二十世纪的世界能够从他那三个部分构成的信息中大大的得益。