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Rebecca Skaggs. 1, 2 Peter and Jude Through the Centuries
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Guide
Pages
Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries
1, 2 Peter and JudeThrough the Centuries
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Historical Overview and Genre
Reception Historical Sources for 1, 2 Peter, and Jude
Significant Ancient Interpreters
Nineteenth‐ and Twentieth‐Century Perspectives. On 1 Peter
On Jude and 2 Peter
Overview and Themes of Each Epistle. Peter
Jude
2 Peter
Aims and Methods of this Commentary
Literary Relationships: Which Came First – Jude or 2 Peter?
Chapter 1 The Transformed Life in the Context of Suffering, Grace, Hope, and Love (1:1–2:10) Author, Audience, and Abundant Grace (1:1–2) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Meaning and Purpose of Suffering (1:3–10) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Other Interpretations
Faith is Preserved During Trials (vv.7–9)
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Suffering: Purification or Punishment?
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Rejoice (vv.6–8)
Consequences of the Transformed Life: Suffering Related to the Suffering of Christ (1:11–12) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Interest of Angels (v.12b)
Consequences of the Transformed Life: Hope, Holiness, and Love (1:13–23) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Transformed Life: Three Metaphors (1:24 – 2:10) The Grass Metaphor (1:24, 25) Overview
The Milk Metaphor (2:1–3) Overview
Ancient Receptions
The Living Stones Metaphor (2:4–10) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Doctrinal Interpretations: The Priesthood of all Believers
Doctrinal Interpretations: Eternal Security
Chapter 2 Three Practical Situations (1 Peter 2:11–3:17) Transition (2:11–12) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Governing Authorities (2:13–17) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Slavery (2:18–25) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Submission and Suffering for Doing Good
1 Peter and Slavery in America
Other Interpretations
Christ as Guardian of Our Souls, v.25. Overview and Ancient Receptions
Other Interpretations
Marriage (3:1–7) Overview
Ancient Reception
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Ornamentation (3:3–6) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
To “Husbands” (3:7)
The “Weaker Vessel” (3:7)
Transition: Summary and Concepts to Come (3:8–17)
Summary: Live in Harmony and Mutual Love (3:8–12)
Suffering for Doing Good (3:13–17) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Other Interpretations
Chapter 3 Christ’s Visit to the Spirits in Prison, 3:18–22. Christ’s Resurrection, the Ground of the Transformed Life. Overview
Ancient Receptions
The Preaching or Announcement in Hades
The Audience for Christ’s Preaching
The Reformation
Summary
Other Interpretations
Religious Traditions
Opposition
Summary of the Effects of 1 Peter 3:18–22 So Far
Other Interpretations
Effects in Literature
Effects in Music
Effects in Drama
Effects in Art
Relation to the Harrowing of Hell Tradition
Summary/Observations
Chapter 4 The Transformed Life: The Believer as Sufferer (1 Peter 4:1–19) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Suffering is in God’s Control (4:7–11) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Love Covers a Multitude of Sins (v.8)
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Love Shown in Joyful Service and Hospitality (4:9–11) Overview
Other Interpretations
Suffering for Being a Christian (4:12–19) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Spirit of Glory … Rests upon You (v.14)
Judgment Begins with the House of God (4:17)
Scarcely Saved (vv.18–19)
Chapter 5 Final Exhortations and Greetings (1 Peter 5:1–14) Message to Three Groups (5:1–10): “Elders” (vv.1–4); the “Younger” (vv.5–6); and “All” (vv.6–10) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Message to “All” (vv.2, 6–10) Overview
Reformation
Other Interpretations
God Gives Grace to the Humble (vv.6–11) Overview
Ancient Receptions
The Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Final Promise to All (vv.10–11)
Final Greetings: Who, Where, and How (vv.12–14) Overview
Who is Silvanus and What is His Role in the Writing of the Epistle?
Who is “Mark?”
Where/What is Babylon?
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Chapter 6 Jude: A Dynamic Response to Heresy. Greeting and Purpose. Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Purpose (v.3) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Body of the Epistle: Charges/Punishment Predicted (vv.4–16)
Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Fallen Angels: Second Example of Punishment (v.6) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Sodom and Gomorrah: Third Example (v.7) Overview
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Second Set of Triple Charges (vv.8–11): Pollution, Rejection of Authority, Slander of Heavenly Beings. Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Illustration: The Dispute Between Michael and Satan (v.9) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Three Examples of Punishment: Cain, Balaam, and Korah (v.11) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Metaphors of Charges Against the Teachers (vv.12–16) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Prediction of Punishment: Enoch’s Prophecy (vv.14–16) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Opponents: A Summary
Exhortations to the Faithful (17–23) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Closing Doxology (vv.24–25) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Effects in Literature, Culture, and Art: Michael and Satan’s Dispute (v.9)
Effects in Art
Effects in Art, literature, and Culture: Michael and Satan’s Dispute over the Body of Moses (Jude 9)
Chapter 7 Excursus: Jude’s Role in the Reception History of Enoch
Enoch in the Early Church
Summary
Effects in Literature, Culture, and Art: The Fallen Angels, Jude 6; 2 Peter 2:4
Chapter 8 Greetings and the Bases for Certainty (2 Peter 1) Greetings: Authorship, Authenticity, and Authority (1:1–2) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
The Basis for Certainty and Peter’s Response: Participation in the Divine Nature (1:4–11) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Can Salvation Be Lost? (vv.10–11)
More Grounds for Certainty: Eyewitness Testimony (1:12–15) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Even More Grounds for Certainty: The Nature of Prophecy and the Inspiration of Scripture (1:16–21) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Chapter 9 The False Teachers and Peter’s Response (2 Peter 2:1–22) Overview
Ancient Receptions
The Reformation
Other Interpretations
Chapter 10 Where is the Promise of His Coming? (2 Peter 3:1–18) Reaffirmation and Reminders (3:1–3) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Where is the Promise and Peter’s Response: Judgment and Rescue (3:4–10)
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Final Exhortations (3:11–18) Overview
Ancient Receptions
Reformation
Other Interpretations
2 Peter’s Reference to Paul (v.15)
Chapter 11 Excursus: Delay of the Parousia (2 Peter 3)
Reformation
Other Interpretations
Modern and Current Scholarship (eighteenth to twenty‐first centuries)
Concluding Remarks
Appendix 1: Who Wrote These Epistles? The Reception of 1, 2 Peter and Jude. 1 Peter's Authenticity
Jude’s Authenticity
2 Peter’s Authenticity
Appendix 2: Ancient Writers, their Writings, and their Sources
Appendix 3: Historical Timeline
Appendix 4: Overview of the Reception History of Enoch
The Book of the Watchers: the fallen angels
Glossary
Bibliography
Websites
Index of Biblical References
Index
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