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A Living Hope: A Commentary on 1 and 2 Peter is unavailable, but you can change that!

Robert Mounce demonstrates his scholarship, lucidity, and pastoral heart in this commentary. Pastors and laypersons will find a balanced, effective, and relevant interpretation of Peter’s epistles. Mounce says that the letters’ theme is hope, but the main purpose is “to encourage believers in Asia Minor to expect and endure hardship as a result of their commitment to the Christian faith” and “to...

13 Someone noted that when you see a therefore you should check to see what it is there for. In this case Peter is about to state the ethical implications that follow logically from the doctrinal teaching of the preceding paragraph. Because believers have received a salvation sufficiently great to give rise to inexpressible joy in the midst of suffering, a new and different kind of life is expected. The first requirement is, prepare your minds for action.
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