Green, Gene L.

Jude and 2 Peter / Jude and Second Peter By Gene L. Green. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2008. - xxii, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Baker exegetical commentary on the new testament .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-375) and indexes.

Introduction to Jude -- Epistolary greeting (1/2) -- Author : Jude (1a) -- Recipients : the called (1b) -- Wish-prayer for mercy, peace, and love (2) -- Letter body : an exhortation to contend for the faith (3/23) -- Disclosure of Jude's purpose for writing : an exhortation to the beloved -- A call to remember : predictions about the heretics and fulfillment -- Exhortations to the beloved (20/23) -- Closing doxology (24/25) -- Introduction to 2 Peter -- Epistolary greeting (1:1/2) -- Author : Simeon Peter (1:1a) -- Recipients : those who have received a faith of equal honor (1:1b) -- Wish-prayer for grace and peace (1:2) -- Letter body : a warning against false teachers (1:3/3:18a) -- Body opening : God's call to glory and virtue (1:3/11) -- Body middle : the apostolic testimony and the false teachers (1:12/ -- 2:22) -- Body closing : a call to holiness (3:1/18a) -- Letter closing : a doxology (3:18b)

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Bible.--Jude--Commentaries.
Bible.--Peter, 2nd--Commentaries.

BS2815.53 / .G74 2008

227.9307 Gre 2008