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1 & 2 Peter/Jude: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

Peter is without question the most prominent of the disciples of Jesus. Based on Peter's prominent role, one would expect any letters associated with Peter to play an equally significant role among the New Testament canonical writings. But this has not been the case. This inattention is unfortunate, because 1 Peter contains significant theology and pastoral care. Wherever the church has...

But with the privileges of this special priesthood comes the responsibility to be holy. Believers are not holy because they belong to the priesthood of believers. They belong to the priesthood of believers only because they are holy. Obedience to the call to holiness underscores Peter’s teaching of the priesthood of all believers. God’s Chosen People. The fourfold description of Christians in 2:9 emphasizes that they enjoy the privilege of being God’s chosen people. Old Testament language describes
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