These tools will be reflected to some extent in the exegesis of 2 Peter and Jude that follows. However, this commentary series is particularly concerned with theological meaning, and that concern is reflected in the manner in which the exegetical work is approached. The commentary itself follows a similar format in all of the volumes so that the exegetical section always precedes the theological section. While one may want to argue, myself included, that theology and biblical studies should be even