Exploring How Progressive
Texture Blends Rhetorolects
Identify the RHETOROLECT in the following
text:
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2 Peter 1:3: His divine power has given us everything
needed for life and godliness.
Choose one of the following six RHETOROLECTS:
WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC,
MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.
Identify the RHETOROLECT in the text:
WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION,
PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.
2 Pet 1:3: His divine power has given us everything
needed for life and godliness.
Answer:
 MIRACLE
 What phrase indicates the presence of MIRACLE rhetorolect?
What phrase indicates the presence
of MIRACLE rhetorolect?
2 Pet 1:3: His divine power has given us everything
needed for life and godliness.
Answer:
 “His divine power”
 What two rhetorolects are present in the additional text on the
next slide?
What two additional rhetorolects are present in this
longer text?
WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC PRECREATION, PROPHETIC,
MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.
2 Pet 1:3: His divine power has given us everything
needed for life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him who called us by his
own glory and goodness.
Answer:
 One additional rhetorolect is WISDOM.
 Another rhetorolect is PROPHETIC.
 What word indicates WISDOM rhetorolect?
What word indicates the presence
of WISDOM rhetorolect?
2 Pet 1:3: His divine power has given us everything
needed for life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him who called us by his
own glory and goodness.
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Answer:
“knowledge”
What phrase indicates PROPHETIC rhetorolect?
“him who called us”
What rhetorolect is in verses 5-8?
Identify the RHETOROLECT in verses 5-8:
WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION,
PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.
2 Pet 1:5: For this very reason make every effort to
supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with
knowledge, 6: and knowledge with self-control, and selfcontrol with steadfastness, and steadfastness with
godliness, 7: and godliness with brotherly affection, and
brotherly affection with love. 8: For if these things are
yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Answer:
 WISDOM
 What synonym for wisdom is repeated in verses 5, 6, and 8?
What synonym for WISDOM is repeated
in verses 5, 6, and 8?
2 Pet 1:5: For this very reason make every effort to
supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with
knowledge, 6: and knowledge with self-control, and selfcontrol with steadfastness, and steadfastness with
godliness, 7: and godliness with brotherly affection, and
brotherly affection with love. 8: For if these things are
yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Answer:
 “knowledge”
 Identify two key adjectives that describe people
who do not live according to WISDOM rhetorolect.
Identify two key adjectives that describe people who
do not live according to WISDOM rhetorolect.
2 Pet 1:5: For this very reason make every effort to
supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with
knowledge, 6: and knowledge with self-control, and selfcontrol with steadfastness, and steadfastness with
godliness, 7: and godliness with brotherly affection, and
brotherly affection with love. 8: For if these things are
yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Answer:
 “ineffective”
 “unfruitful”
 On the next slide identify the rhetorolect that is blended into
WISDOM in the additional text.
Identify the RHETOROLECT blended
into WISDOM in verse 9:
APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC,
MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.
2 Pet 1:8: For if these things are yours and abound,
they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9: For whoever lacks these things is blind and
shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed
from his old sins.
Answer:
 PRIESTLY
 Identify the clause that indicates the presence of PRIESTLY
rhetorolect in verse 9.
Identify the clause that indicates the presence of
PRIESTLY rhetorolect in verse 9.
2 Pet 1:8: For if these things are yours and abound,
they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9: For whoever lacks these things is blind and
shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed
from his old sins.
Answer:
 "that he was cleansed from his old sins"
 Identify three descriptions of the one who lacks wisdom in
the context of the PRIESTLY rhetorolect in verse 9.
Identify three descriptions of the one who lacks
wisdom in the context of
the PRIESTLY rhetorolect in verse 9.
2 Pet 1:8: For if these things are yours and abound,
they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9: For whoever lacks these things is blind and
shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed
from his old sins.
Answer:
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Blind
Shortsighted
Has forgotten
On the next slide identify the rhetorolect that is blended into
WISDOM and PRIESTLY rhetorolect in verse 10.
Identify the RHETOROLECT blended into WISDOM
and PRIESTLY in verse 10:
APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, or
MIRACLE.
2 Pet 1:8: For if these things are yours and abound,
they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9: For whoever
lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has
forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10: Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more
eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do
this you will never stumble.
Answer:
 PROPHETIC
 Identify the key phrase that indicates the presence
of PROPHETIC rhetorolect in verse 10.
Identify the key phrase in verse 10 that indicates the
presence of PROPHETIC rhetorolect.
2 Pet 1:8: For if these things are yours and abound,
they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9: For whoever
lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has
forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10: Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more
eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do
this you will never stumble.
Answer:
 "your call and election"
 What rhetorolect does the topic “brothers and sisters” blend
into verse 10?
What rhetorolect does the topic “brothers and sisters”
blend into verse 10?
2 Pet 1:10: Therefore, brothers and sisters, be the more
eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do
this you will never stumble.
11: For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly
provided for you.
Answer:
 WISDOM
 Why does “brothers and sisters” indicate the presence of
WISDOM rhetorolect?
Why does “brothers and sisters” indicate the presence
of WISDOM rhetorolect?
2 Pet 1:10: Therefore, brothers and sisters, be the more
eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do
this you will never stumble.
11: For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly
provided for you.
Answer:
 Because WISDOM rhetorolect builds a community modeled on
kinship relations in a household, the primary location of WISDOM
rhetorolect.
 What larger geographical area does verse 11 set alongside the
household imagery in verse 10?
What larger geographical area does verse 11 set
alongside the household imagery in verse 10?
2 Pet 1:10: Therefore, brothers and sisters, be the more
eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do
this you will never stumble.
11: For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly
provided for you.
Answer:
 “the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” which
is a cosmic image built upon PROPHETIC imagery related to
God’s kingdom on earth.
 See the summary on the next slide.
Great Work!
Summary:
Blending of PROPHETIC, WISDOM, and
PRIESTLY rhetorolect in 2 Peter 1:3-11
produces an emphasis on fulfilling one's
calling to live a life of virtue that is a result of
redemption from sin, which produces brothers
and sisters in faith who look forward to the
time when they will enter the eternal kingdom
of Jesus Christ.