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New Testament XI: James, 1–2 Peter, 1–3 John, Jude is unavailable, but you can change that!

Allusions to these letters go back as far as Justin Martyr, Irenaeus and Tertullian, but the first commentary derives from Clement of Alexandria. Didymus the Blind was the next significant Greek-speaking commentator, though his commentary is fully extant only in Latin translation. Many of the comments from the early centuries have been passed on to us through Latin catenae, or chain commentaries,...

: The resurrection of Christ has made it possible for human beings to be born again and to become the heirs of God’s promises. This inheritance is being kept in heaven for us and will be fully revealed at the end of time. Christ rises again in us according to our faith, just as earlier he died in us because of our unbelief (CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA). This is a living hope in an incorruptible inheritance (OECUMENIUS). His mercy is great enough to be able to forgive every sin committed in thought,
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