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Even though the letter of 1 Peter has sometimes been overshadowed by Paul's many New Testament letters, it is nonetheless distinctive for the clarity with which it presents the Christian message. In this volume Joel Green offers a clear paragraph-by-paragraph analysis of 1 Peter and, even more, unpacks the letter’s theology in ways that go beyond the typical modern commentary. Following Green's...

1 Peter is cast in the form of a letter—complete with the identification of the person of the author (“Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ”) and addressee (“the chosen, strangers in the world of the diaspora,” 1:1) in its introduction, and the expected greeting (from “Babylon,” that is, from Rome) in its conclusion (5:12–14). Its lack of greater specificity in its address and its opening reference to a series of contiguous regions of Asia Minor (“Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,” 1:1)
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