Second Peter

AND

Jude

An Expositional Commentary

by D. Edmond Hiebert

BJU PRESS

Greenville, South Carolina

Second Peter and Jude: An Expositional Commentary

by D. Edmond Hiebert

© 1989 Unusual Publications

Greenville, South Carolina

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, except for brief quotation in a review, without written permission from the publisher.

Except where noted, all Scripture quotations are from the American Standard Version, © 1901 by Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1929 by the International Council of Religious Education.

ISBN: 0-89084-466-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hiebert, D. Edmond (David Edmond), 1910–

Second Peter and Jude: an expositional commentary / by D. Edmond Hiebert.

p. cm.

Bibliography: p.

Includes indexes.

ISBN: 0-89084-466-6

1. Bible. N.T. Peter, 2nd—Commentaries. 2. Bible. N.T. Jude—Commentaries. I. Title. II. Title: 2 Peter and Jude.

BS2795.3.H55 1989

227′.93077—dc19

89-5330

CIP

Cover designed by Roger Bruckner

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Part 1: 2 Peter

1. An Introduction to 2 Peter

2. An Outline of 2 Peter

3. The Opening Salutation (1:1–2)

First Division: The Nature of the Christian Life (1:3–21)

4. The Nature of the Christian Life (Part 1):

The Divine Bestowal of Spiritual Life (1:3–4)

5. The Nature of the Christian Life (Part 2):

The Necessary Growth in the New Life (1:5–11)

6. The Nature of the Christian Life (Part 3):

The Authoritative Ground for the Christian Life (1:12–21)

Second Division: The Warning Against the False Teachers (2:1–22)

7. The Warning Against the False Teachers (Part 1):

The Summary Portrayal of the False Teachers (2:1–3)

8. The Warning Against the False Teachers (Part 2):

The Judicial Actions of God Against Evil (2:4–10a)

9. The Warning Against the False Teachers (Part 3):

The Fervid Denunciation of the False Teachers (2:10b–22)

Third Division: The Certainty of Christ’s Return (3:1–18a)

10. The Certainty of Christ’s Return (Part 1):

The Heretical Denial of Christ’s Return (3:1–18a)

11. The Certainty of Christ’s Return (Part 2):

The Correct View Concerning Christ’s Return (3:1–7)

12. The Certainty of Christ’s Return (Part 3):

The Concluding Exhortations in View of the Future (3:14–18a)

13. The Concluding Doxology (3:18b)

Part 2: Jude

14. An Introduction to Jude

15. An Outline of Jude

16. The Opening Salutation (vv. 1–2)

17. The Occasion for the Letter (vv. 3–4)

18. The Historical Fate of Apostates (vv. 5–7)

19. The Description of the Modern Apostates (vv. 8–16)

20. The Exhortations to Believers amid Apostasy (vv. 17–23)

21. The Concluding Doxology (vv. 24–25)

Bibliography

Scripture Index

Subject Index

Preface

Second Peter and Jude have been called “the dark corner” of the New Testament. The designation is not wholly unwarranted. Whatever the causes, the ignorance within Christendom concerning these epistles is lamentably widespread. The neglect of some may be fostered by the assumption that the issues with which these ...