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The area most neglected in modern investigation of 2 Peter is perhaps what would appear the most obvious: the relationship of 2 Peter with 1 Peter. Despite the fact that these two letters share a common attribution to the apostle Peter and that 2 Peter most probably refers explicitly to 1 Peter (2 Pet 3:1), several modern commentators do not regard these texts as substantially related. The relationship between 1 and 2 Peter, suggested by the letters ’ traditional titles and canonical transmission, represents a way forward in the study of 2 Peter and the Catholic Epistles in general. In order to study the bond between the Petrine letters more closely, I undertake an audience-oriented exegesis of the prooemium of 2 Peter (1:3-11). This reading concentrates on the reaction of the implied (“ideal”) audience to the opening section of 2 Peter. I have read 2 Pet 1:3-11 closely with an ear to the echoes of 1 Peter in the words and concepts of the text, such as the implied audience with knowledge of 1 Peter would notice. The structure and vocabulary of 2 Peter’s salutation resemble the structure and vocabulary of 1 Peter’s salutation (1:1-2). Second Peter 1:3-4 echoes much of 1 Peter’s teaching on Christ and develops 1 Peter’s teaching on the appropriation of life throug