Includes bibliographical references (p. [xv]-xxiii) and indexes.

The first letter of Peter -- Introduction to 1 Peter -- The recepients of 1 Peter -- Persecution -- Date -- Authorship -- Literary structure -- Outline -- Theology Text and translation -- Epistolary prescript -- Opening blessing -- The holy life -- Call to holiness -- Love and the word -- Milk of the Lord -- The living stone -- -- Life as aliens and sojourners -- Call to beautiful deeds among the Gentiles -- Submission to the authority of the Gentiles -- Submission of servants to masters -- Submission by wives and honoring by husbands -- Exhortation and blessing for all -- Suffering while doing good -- Christ as model of suffering and victory -- Excursus: the tradition of Enoch and the fallen angels -- Separation from the Gentile life -- The end is near -- Love within the community -- Suffering as judgment -- Elders and their flocks -- Concluding call to suffering -- Epistolary postscript -- The letter of Jude -- Introduction to Jude -- Authorship -- The opponents -- Date and setting -- Literary structure -- Canonical status -- Text and translation -- Opening salutation -- Statement of purpose and opening accusation -- Condemnation of the impious -- Three examples of divine punishment -- The naming of the impious -- Excursus: Michael and the body of Moses -- Enoch's prophecy of judgment -- Appeals to the beloved -- The prophecy of the apostles -- Appeal for mercy -- Concluding doxology -- The second letter of Peter -- Introduction to 2 Peter -- Relationship to Jude -- Authorship and date -- The false teachers and mockers -- Literary structure -- Theology -- Text and translation -- Opening salutation -- Exordium -- Testamentary reminder -- Apostolic and prophetic witnesses -- False teachers and their punishment -- The prediction of false teachers -- Examples of God's judgment -- The immorality of the false teachers -- The promise of his coming -- God's patience -- Final exhortation and doxology.