1 Peter / Ernest Best.
Series: New Century BiblePublication details: Grand Rapids : Eerdmans ; London : Marshall, Morgan & Scott, c1971.Description: 188 p. : map ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0802819095 (pbk.)
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | BSOP Library | Reference | BS491.2 N42rs Pet (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00058108 |
"Based on the Revised Standard Version."
Reprint. Originally published: London : Oliphants, 1971. (New century Bible)
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 10.
Introduction
Purpose of the letter
The recipients
The unity of the letter
The use of earlier material
The identification of the persecutions
External testimony
The place of 1 Peter in the developing life and thought of the early church
Authorship
Date
Place of writing
Text
Commentary
Opening greeting (1:1-2)
Prayer: thanksgiving for the hope that is in Christ (1:3-12)
Exhortation to Christian behavior (1:13
2:10)
The social code (2:11
3:12)
Persecution threatens (3:13
4:19)
The ecclesiastical code (5:1-5)
Closing exhortation to steadfastness (5:6-11)
Final greetings