What does Peter say happens to those who ignore or delete Paul's writings?
According to Peter, those who ignore or delete Paul’s writings twist them, as they also twist the other Scriptures, and they do so to their own destruction. The unlearned and unstable thereby sign themselves up for destruction by rejecting the gospel of grace revealed in Paul’s epistles.
Les teaches that Peter acknowledges Paul’s epistles contain some things hard to be understood, especially concerning salvation and the gospel of grace. Peter himself was so steeped in Judaism that it just didn’t come through. The unlearned and unstable twist Paul’s writings, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. So when they ignore or delete the writings of the apostle Paul, they are, according to Peter, signing themselves up for their own destruction. Les also points out that this is exactly why Paul wrote such strong language in the first chapter: if someone preaches any other gospel than his gospel, let him be accursed.
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
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What happens to the unlearned and unstable who twist Paul's epistles?
The unstable, those who don't comprehend the Scriptures, twist Paul's epistles just as they twist the other Scriptures, and the result is their own destruction.
What does Peter say about the content of Paul's epistles?
In Paul's epistles there are some things hard to be understood, and Peter said this years after he had experienced the earthly ministry.