Books of the Bible / 2 Peter
Random Verse from 2 Peter
Roll a random verse from 2 Peter -- 3 chapters, 61 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.”
2 Peter 1:4
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 2 Peter (summary)
2 Peter is book 61 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 3 chapters and 61 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is 2 Peter compared to other books of the Bible?
2 Peter is the 53th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 61 verses across 3 chapters -- an average of 20.3 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does 2 Peter sit among the other New Testament books?
2 Peter is book 22 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 61 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 2 Peter?
1 Peter comes directly before it (5 chapters). 1 John comes directly after it (5 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 61 verses in 2 Peter -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.