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The letters of Peter and Jude are among the most pastorally sensitive in the entire New Testament, because they contain messages of encouragement and warning. In his commentary on the epistles of Peter and Jude, Kelly offers an introduction and overview of the important literary, textual, and theological themes. With only nine chapters on which to comment, Kelly has ample room for adequate...

of God’s will for them has been given a fresh dimension by the recognition of Jesus as the Messiah. 17 The writer at once advances a further motive (this is the force of And) for exalted standards of behaviour: the consideration of God’s role as judge. As he puts it, since (ei: lit. ‘if’) you invoke as Father One who judges impartially in the light of what each has done, conduct yourselves with fear for the rest of your temporary stay. The precise movement of his thought is not absolutely certain.
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