Use of the Letter of Jude by the Second Letter of Peter 61 this purpose. This is another point at which 2 Peter has quoted Jude at some length, though with significant changes. 2 Pet 3,1 does not derive from Jude 17-18, except, perhaps, the address “beloved” from Jude 17 (49). 2 Pet 3,1 identifies 2 Peter as a second letter from Peter and begins to state its purpose. This is a transition back to the main argument of the letter, made necessary by the digression in 2,10b-22 (50). 2 Pet 3,2-3 is adapted from Jude 17-18. Jude 17 tells the readers to “remember the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ”. In connecting this to 3,1, 2 Peter changed the imperative “remember” to an infinitive. More significantly, 2 Peter changed what the readers should remember from one thing into two things. Jude 17 said that the readers should remember the words spoken in the past by the apostles. 2 Pet 3,2 says they should remember “the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets”. To this 2 Pet 3,2 added that they should remember “the commandment of the Lord and savior spoken through your apostles”. 2 Peter added a reference to the prophets in line with the view, expressed in 1,19-21, that the second coming of Jesus fulfills prophecy. The commandment spoken through the apostles is the same as that mentioned in 2,21 (51), i.e., the commandment that the followers of Jesus live a holy life in expectation of Jesus’ return (cf. 2 Pet 3,11-12). The author of 2 Peter inserted the participle “spoken in the past” between the article and the noun, rather than attaching it by repeating the article as Jude had. The author of 2 Peter inserted “the holy prophets” after “by”, making them the source of the word spoken in the past instead of the apostles. The author then added a second object of the verb remember, i.e., “the commandment”. This made “the apostles” possessors of the commandment; the author of 2 Peter added the specification that they are “your” apostles. The purpose of this, and of attributing the words spoken in the past to prophets rather than apostles, may be to make these words suitable for a letter from the apostle Peter. In Jude 17 the phrase “of our Lord Jesus Christ” modifies “apostles”. The author of 2 Peter omitted “our” and “Jesus Christ” and replaced these words with “and savior”. “The Lord and savior” then became a second possessor of the commandment. This is awkward. The author of 2 Peter does not seem to have revised Jude thoroughly enough at this point. (49) KELLY, Epistles, 354. (50) WATSON, Invention, 124-126. (51) KELLY, Epistles, 354; WATSON, Invention, 126.