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Letters of John and Jude Of this series, William Barclay writes: The Daily Study Bible series has always had one aim—to convey the results of scholarship to the ordinary reader. A. S. Peake delighted in the saying that he was a "theological middleman," and I would be happy if the same could be said of me in regard to these volumes. And yet the primary aim of the series has never been academic....

inadequate words. But there are certain things he does say about it. (i) When Christ appears in his glory, we shall be like him. Surely in John’s mind there was the saying of the old creation story that man was made in the image and in the likeness of God (Genesis 1:26). That was God’s intention; and that was man’s destiny. We have only to look into any mirror to see how far man has fallen short of that destiny. But John believes that in Christ a man will finally attain it, and at last bear the
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