Description
In this fully revised commentary, Wayne Grudem builds on his original work to take into account almost four further decades of study and prayer.
Peter's short letter to 'the exiles of the Dispersion' addresses many topics of ongoing relevance: holiness, the sufferings of Christ and his followers, God's sovereignty and grace, the work of the Holy Spirit, the church as the new people of God, the reality of the unseen spiritual world, and the challenge of trusting in God in the midst of daily life. For Wayne Grudem, these seemingly disparate themes are tied together by suffering as a form of imitating Christ.
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Table of Contents
General preface
Author's preface to the second edition
Author's preface to the first edition
Abbreviations
Select bibliography
Introduction
1. Author
2. Place of writing
3. Date
4. Destination and readers
5. Purpose
6. The nature and possible sources of 1 Peter
7. Theology and major themes
Analysis
Commentary
Additional Notes
'Times and circumstances' or 'person or time'?
The dwelling place of God
Election and reprobation in Scripture
Did Christ 'carry our sins up to the cross'?
An argument from Greek grammar that 'when they formerly did not
obey' is a preferable translation
Specific factors in I Enoch 12-15 that make it doubtful as a background
for 1 Peter 3: 18-20
Product Details
Title: 1 Peter: An Introduction And Commentary
Author: Wayne Grudem
Publisher: Intervarsity Press
Pages: 288
Binding: Paperback
Size: 23.7 x 21.2 x 1.6 cm
ISBN: 9781789743050