Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface to First Peter
Preface to Second Peter
Introduction to First Peter
1 Peter 1:1-2:10--Part 1: God's Provision for Salvation, and Christians' Status before God
1 Peter 1:1-2--The Letter Prescript: Establishing Authority, Identity, and Goodwill
1 Peter 1:3-12--Thanksgiving for God's Gift of Salvation
1 Peter 1:13-21--The Call and Motivation to Holiness
1 Peter 1:22-25--Born Anew by the Word of God for Mutual Love
1 Peter 2:1-3--Growing into Salvation
1 Peter 2:4-10--Christ as the Living Stone, and Christians as the Spiritual House and God's People
1 Peter 2:11-4:11--Part 2: Living Honorably among the Gentiles
1 Peter 2:11-12--Introduction to the Main Theme
1 Peter 2:13-3:7--The Household Code
1 Peter 3:8-12--Practicing Mutual Love and Peace with All
1 Peter 3:13-22--Doing Good Rather than Evil amid Suffering, after Christ's Example
1 Peter 4:1-6--Living in the Spirit and Doing the Will of God
1 Peter 4:7-11--The Need for Mutual Responsibility in Light of the End
1 Peter 4:12-5:14--Part 3: Exhortations on Faithful Suffering among Gentiles, and Conclusion
1 Peter 4:12-19--Suffering Faithfully among the Gentiles
1 Peter 5:1-11--Concluding Exhortations
1 Peter 5:12-14--Epistolary Postscript
Introduction to Second Peter
2 Peter 1:1-15--The Letter Opening
2 Peter 1:16-3:13--The Letter Body
2 Peter 1:16-2:10a--Two Arguments against Opponents
2 Peter 2:10b-22--Critique of Opponents
2 Peter 3:1-13--Occasion of the Letter Restated, and Argument against Opponents Resumed
2 Peter 3:14-18--The Letter Closing
Indexes