Full Description
In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, New Testament scholars Duane Watson and Terrance Callan examine cultural context and theological meaning in First and Second Peter. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by
• attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs
• showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits
• commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament book
• focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the text
• making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly format
This commentary, like each in the projected eighteen-volume series, proceeds by sense units rather than word-by-word or verse-by-verse. Students, pastors, and other readers will appreciate the historical, literary, and theological insight Watson and Callan offer in interpreting First and Second Peter.
Contents
Foreword
Preface to First Peter
Preface to Second Peter
Introduction to First Peter
1 Peter 1:1-2:10--Part 1: God's Provision for Salvation, and Christians' Status before God
1 Peter 1:1-2--The Letter Prescript: Establishing Authority, Identity, and Goodwill
1 Peter 1:3-12--Thanksgiving for God's Gift of Salvation
1 Peter 1:13-21--The Call and Motivation to Holiness
1 Peter 1:22-25--Born Anew by the Word of God for Mutual Love
1 Peter 2:1-3--Growing into Salvation
1 Peter 2:4-10--Christ as the Living Stone, and Christians as the Spiritual House and God's People
1 Peter 2:11-4:11--Part 2: Living Honorably among the Gentiles
1 Peter 2:11-12--Introduction to the Main Theme
1 Peter 2:13-3:7--The Household Code
1 Peter 3:8-12--Practicing Mutual Love and Peace with All
1 Peter 3:13-22--Doing Good Rather than Evil amid Suffering, after Christ's Example
1 Peter 4:1-6--Living in the Spirit and Doing the Will of God
1 Peter 4:7-11--The Need for Mutual Responsibility in Light of the End
1 Peter 4:12-5:14--Part 3: Exhortations on Faithful Suffering among Gentiles, and Conclusion
1 Peter 4:12-19--Suffering Faithfully among the Gentiles
1 Peter 5:1-11--Concluding Exhortations
1 Peter 5:12-14--Epistolary Postscript
Introduction to Second Peter
2 Peter 1:1-15--The Letter Opening
2 Peter 1:16-3:13--The Letter Body
2 Peter 1:16-2:10a--Two Arguments against Opponents
2 Peter 2:10b-22--Critique of Opponents
2 Peter 3:1-13--Occasion of the Letter Restated, and Argument against Opponents Resumed
2 Peter 3:14-18--The Letter Closing
Indexes
