Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 270 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Format: paperback
Published: October 1995

ISBN-10: 0-8308-1238-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-1238-7
IVP Order Code: 1238

Subjects

Commentaries--New Testament

General preface

Author's preface

Chief abbreviations

Bibliography

Introduction to 2 Peter
1. The genuine article - 1:1-2
2. The power and the promises - 1:3-4
3. The productive Christian - 1:5-11
4. Remember, remember - 1:12-15
5. The witnesses - 1:16-21
6. The fifth column - 2:1-3
7. Putting the world on hold - 2:4-9
8. Profile of a deadly minister - 2:10-16
9. Profile of a deadly ministry - 2:17-22
10. Have you forgotten anything? - 3:1-2
11. God's powerful word - 3:3-7
12. God's promised patience - 3:8-10
13. Looking forward to a new home - 3:11-16
14. The message of 2 Peter - 3:17-18

Introduction to Jude
1. Jude the obsure? - 1-2
2. Churches in danger - 3-4
3. Warnings of judgment: three Old Testament examples - 11-13
4. Warnings of judgment: a familiar example - 9-10
5. Warnings of judgment: three further Old Testament examples - 11-13
6. Warnings of judgment: a further familiar example - 14-16
7. Signs of the times: a warning from the apostles - 17-19
8. Contending for the faith: the Christian - 20-21
9. Contending for the faith: the fallen Christain - 22-23
10. Contending for the faith: the salvation we share - 24-25

Appendix: the authorship of 2 Peter and Jude

Study guide