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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...

are the two spheres of existence. They stand for life within its physical limitations, and life in its spiritual dimension. “According to men” and “according to God” relate to body and spirit respectively. A similar antithesis occurs in the description of Christ in Romans 1:3–4: he is a descendant of David “according to flesh” and Son of God “according to spirit” (literal translation). Peter’s point is that the purpose of the gospel is that although man is marked for death, by responding to the gospel
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