The Letters of 2 Peter And Jude

The Pillar New Testament Commentary, designed for serious readers of the Bible, seeks above all to make clear the meaning of the text of Scripture as we have it. Writers of the PNTC volumes interact with the most important, informed contemporary debate yet avoid undue technical detail. Their ideal is a blend of rigorous exegesis and exposition, scholarship and pastoral sensitivity, with an eye alert both to biblical theology and to the contemporary relevance of the Bible.

Peter H. Davids is professor of biblical theology at St. Stephen's University, St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

Series Preface

viii

Author's Preface

x

Abbreviations

xii

Select Bibliography

xxi

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1

(6)

THE LETTER OF JUDE

INTRODUCTION TO JUDE

7

(26)

I. Introduction

7

(1)

II. Authorship

8

(4)

III. Place and Date

12

(5)

IV. Addressees

17

(6)

V. Language and Structure

23

(5)

VI. Theology

28

(5)

COMMENTARY ON JUDE

33

(88)

I. Letter Opening: Salutation (vv. 1-2)

33

(8)

II. Letter Body (vv. 3-23)

41

(65)

A. Body Opening: Thematic Statement (exordium/narratio) (vv. 3-4)

41

(5)

B. Body Proper: Proof for the Thematic Statement (vv. 5-16)

46

(38)

1. First Proof (vv. 5-7 and 8-10)

46

(18)

2. Second Proof (vv. 11-13)

64

(11)

3. Third Proof (vv. 14-16)

75

(9)

C. Body Closing (vv. 17-23)

84

(66)

1. Final Prophecy (vv. 17-19)

84

(7)

2. Closing Exhortation (vv. 20-23)

91

(15)

III. Letter Closing: Doxology (vv. 24-25)

106

(15)

THE LETTER OF 2 PETER

INTRODUCTION TO 2 PETER

121

(38)

I. Introduction

121

(2)

II. Authorship

123

(7)

III. Date, Language, and Style

130

(2)

IV. Recipients and Opponents

132

(4)

V. Jude and 2 Peter

136

(7)

VI. Literary Form

143

(7)

VII. Theology

150

(9)

A. God

150

(1)

B. Jesus

150

(5)

C The Holy Spirit

155

(1)

D. The Human Condition

156

(1)

E. Deliverance

156

(1)

F. Eschatology

156

(1)

G. Scripture

157

(2)

COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER

159

(160)

I. Salutation (1:1-2)

159

(7)

II. Letter Opening (1:3-15)

166

(32)

A. Opening Sermon (1:3-11)

166

(25)

1. Historical Introduction: The Divine Benefaction (1:3-4)

167

(9)

2. Call to Virtue (1:5-11)

176

(15)

B. Purpose Statement (1:12-15)

191

(7)

III. Letter Body (1:16-3:16)

198

(111)

A. The Implications of the Transfiguration (1:16-21)

198

(18)

B. Condemnation of the False Teachers (2:1-22)

216

(40)

1. Introduction to the False Teachers (2:1-3)

216

(8)

2. Argument for the Judgment of the False Teachers (2:4-22)

224

(29)

Excursus on Balaam in Rabbinic Literature

253

(3)

C. Conclusions about the Day of the Lord (3:1-13)

256

(37)

D. Body Closing: Final Judgment (3:14-16)

293

(16)

IV. Letter Closing (3:17-18)

309

INDEXES

I. Modern Authors

319

(3)

II. Subjects

322

(5)

III. Scripture References

327

(14)

IV. Extrabiblical Literature

341

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