
First Epistle of Peter
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Editor's Preface
- Author's Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. The Importance of 1 Peter
- II. Authorship
- III. Recipients
- IV. Date and Place of Writing
- V. Literary Genre, Including Catechetical and Liturgical THEORIES
- VI. Theology
- A. Eschatological Focus
- 1. The Temporal Axis of Apocalyptic
- 2. The Spatial Axis of Apocalyptic
- B. Holiness
- 1. Personal Holiness
- 2. Social Holiness
- 3. Communal Holiness
- C. Hope
- D. Soteriology
- E. Community
- F. Relationship to the World
- G. Trinitarian Images in 1 Peter
- H. Suffering in 1 Peter
- VII. Peter and his Sources
- VIII. Outline
- IX. Text and Translation
- Excursus: Suffering in 1 Peter and the New Testament
- A. Introduction
- B. The Vocabulary of Suffering
- C. The Old Testament
- D. The New Testament
- E. Church History
- F. Conclusion
- Text, Exposition, and Notes
- I. Greeting (1:1-2)
- II. Foundational Themes of the Christian Life (1:3-2:10)
- A. Opening Thanksgiving (1:3-12)
- B. Call to Holiness (1:13-25)
- 1. Obedient Children (1:13-16)
- 2. Costly Redemption (1:17-21)
- 3. Imperishable Seed (1:22-25)
- 4. Christian Identity (2:1-10)
- III. Relating to Societal Institutions (2:11-4:11)
- A. Introduction: Exhortation to an Ethical Life-style (2:11-12)
- B. Propriety vis-à-vis the State (2:13-17)
- C. Propriety of Slaves vis-à-vis Masters (2:18-25)
- D. Propriety of Spouses vis-à-vis an Unbelieving Spouse (3:1-7)
- E. Summary Call to Virtue and Suffering (3:8-22)
- 1. General Introduction (3:8-12)
- 2. The Example of Jesus (3:13-22)
- F. Exhortation to Firmness in the End Times (4:1-11)
- IV. Coming to Grips with Christian Suffering (4:12-5:11)
- A. Suffering as a Christian (4:12-19)
- B. The Inner-Church Response to Suffering (5:1-5)
- C. Final Exhortation on Standing Firm under Persecution (5:6-11)
- V. Conclusion and Greetings (5:12-14)
- Bibliography
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