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Leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener, one of the most trusted exegetes working today, is widely respected for his thorough research, sound judgments, and knowledge of ancient sources. His four-volume magnum opus on Acts has received high praise from all quarters. This commentary on 1 Peter features Keener’s meticulous and comprehensive research and offers a wealth of fresh insights. It will...

Yet for oral hearers, the repetition and interweaving of topics would have sufficiently reinforced the message.26 This letter’s focus is paraenetic, and paraenesis “is not determined by its compositional structure”; it varies devices and structure.27 Emphasizing this point, Troy Martin groups three major sections of the body around three metaphor clusters related to Diaspora:28 God’s chosen household (1:14–2:10);29 foreigners and aliens (2:11–3:12);30 and the Diaspora as a context for suffering
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