The Petrine epistles contain a strong strand of theological continuity that has not been adequately considered, namely, the shared eschatological framework behind Peter’s exhortations to endurance and obedience. These epistles, and 2 Peter in particular, have long struggled for theological legitimacy. Perhaps as a result, few significant arguments for continuity between the two letters have been advanced. Scholars who argue for the authenticity of 2 Peter (e.g., Schreiner, Moo) are typically focused on defending authorship and date rather than on establishing thematic or theological overlap (Blomberg provides a notable exception). This study will argue that there is significant theological and literary continuity between the Petrine epistles in (1) Peter’s eschatological vision of the Christian life and (2) his means of illustrating this vision. In both letters, Peter establishes the believer’s current eschatological position between the past victory and the future return of Christ as the grounds for faithful endurance and obedience. Peter then vividly illustrates this eschatological vision by marshalling a complex array of images and references from primeval and apocalyptic narratives to form a shared world of allusion between the two letters. These areas of overlap represent a significant and heretofore underappreciated basis for upholding the common authorship and theological unity of 1 and 2 Peter.