First and Second Peter

by Watson, Duane Frederick; Callan, Terrance

• ISBN13: 9780801032271
• ISBN10: 080103227X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

Critically Acclaimed Commentaries from Today's Top Scholars

Author Biography

Duane F. Watson (PhD, Duke University) is professor of New Testament studies at Malone College and is the author or editor of several books, including Reading Second Peter with New Eyes. Terrance Callan (PhD, Yale University) is the dean of special studies at the Athenaeum of Ohio in Cincinnati and has authored several books, including The Origins of Christian Faith.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
Foreword	p. x
Preface to First Peter	p. xii
Preface to Second Peter	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xiv
First Peter
Introduction to First Peter	p. 3
1 Peter 1:1-2:10 Part 1: God's Provision for Salvation, and Christians' Status before God	p. 17
1 Peter 1:1-2 The Letter Prescript: Establishing Authority, Identity, and Goodwill	p. 19
1 Peter 1:3-12 Thanksgiving for God's Gift of Salvation	p. 23
1 Peter 1:13-21 The Call and Motivation to Holiness	p. 31
1 Peter 1:22-25 Born Anew by the Word of God for Mutual Love	p. 38
1 Peter 2:1-3 Growing into Salvation	p. 42
1 Peter 2:4-10 Christ as the Living Stone, and Christians as the Spiritual House and God's People	p. 46
1 Peter 2:11-4:11 Part 2: Living Honorably among the Gentiles	p. 55
1 Peter 2:11-12 Introduction to the Main Theme	p. 57
1 Peter 2:13-3:7 The Household Code	p. 62
1 Peter 3:8-12 Practicing Mutual Love and Peace with All	p. 80
1 Peter 3:13-22 Doing Good Rather than Evil amid Suffering, after Christ's Example	p. 84
1 Peter 4:1-6 Living in the Spirit and Doing the Will of God	p. 95
1 Peter 4:7-11 The Need for Mutual Responsibility in Light of the End	p. 101
1 Peter 4:12-5:14 Part 3: Exhortations on Faithful Suffering among the Gentiles, and Conclusion	p. 107
1 Peter 4:12-19 Suffering Faithfully among the Gentiles	p. 109
1 Peter 5:1-11 Concluding Exhortations	p. 115
1 Peter 5:12-14 Epistolary Postscript	p. 124
Second Peter
Introduction to Second Peter	p. 131
2 Peter 1:1-15 The Letter Opening	p. 147
2 Peter 1:16-3:13 The Letter Body	p. 167
2 Peter l:16-2:10a Two Arguments against Opponents	p. 168
2 Peter2:10b-22 Critique of Opponents	p. 188
2 Peter 3:1-13 Occasion of the Letter Restated, and Argument against Opponents Resumed	p. 201
2 Peter 3:14-18 The Letter Closing	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 221
Index of Subjects	p. 234
Index of Modern Authors	p. 238
Index of Scripture and Ancient Sources	p. 241
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