pet18lar, pet18lary

[Eng. petiol ( e ); would deepen into severe persecution (iv. 12-18). He exhorts them to steadfastne , to caretul avoid-- ar , -ary .] ance of crime and scandal (ii. 12, iv. 15), to humility 1. Anat . ( of ducts ): Supported or suspended by a (v. 5-6), and the proper observance of their duties of subjects, servants, husbands or wives, brethren in a natural or spiritual sense (ii. 13-iii. 8), office bearers, or members in Christian churches (v. 1-5). 12). St. Mark seems to have been with Peter when The epistle was probably carried by Silvan us (v. ably between A. D. 60 and A. D. 64. There is strong it was written (v. 13). Its date is uncertain, prob evidence for its authenticity, which has rarely been doubted. (2) The Second Epistle of Peter: New Test. Canon : Another epistle claiming to have been penned by the Apostle (i. 1), the author also referring to the transfiguration scene as one which he personally witne ed (i. 17, 18), and to a previous epistle (iii. 1). In this second letter he seeks to establish Christians in the faith, warns them against false teachers, and predicts the general conflagration of the world. Its style is different from that of the first. The language and sentiments of ch. ii. and part of iii. resemble Jude. When it was published, the epistles of St. Paul had been collected, and formed part of New Testament Scripture (iii. 15-16). The evidence for its authenticity is much le strong than that for the first epistle. Clement of Alexandria seems to have known it. It is not in the Peschito v.) slender stalk. 2. Bot .: Pertaining to or proceeding from a petiole; growing on or supported by a petiole.