BNTC - 1 and 2 Peter
BNTC - 1 and 2 Peter
by J. Eric Brubaker. 168 pp., clothbound.
The epistles of Peter were written by the Apostle Peter. This view has been challenged in recent times, even though it has been the view of the church through the ages. Beside internal evidence of Peter's authorship, each epistle implies that the writer was an eyewitness of the events described.
The primary theme in 1 Peter is the believer's living hope in the midst of persecution and suffering. The trials endured by Christians identify them with Christ and His suffering. Peter refers to trials in 1:6, 2:19, 3:14, and 3:17. Peter encourages believers to meet trials with the knowledge that victory would be theirs at last, for after they have suffered, the Lord will give them eternal glory. In 2 Peter, the writer stresses the need for followers of Christ to have true knowledge in order to offset the inroads of error. Chapter 1 declares that Christians are partakers of the divine nature (1:4). In chapter 2, Peter castigates false teachers, and in chapter 3 he declares that God's judgment is delayed so that unbelievers may repent.
The writer of the commentary on 1 and 2 Peter is J. Eric Brubaker who serves on the plural ministry team in the Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Atlantic Northeast District). The General Editor of the series is Harold S. Martin, a Church of the Brethren elder, former public school teacher, and editor of the BRF Witness.