John’s second and third letters related to specific situations in churches with whom he was familiar. John was concerned for his readers to grasp the significance of Jesus’ coming in…
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Of the New Testament writers, it may be that the apostle John would have the greatest claim to intimacy with Jesus (John 13:23; 21:20). Pastoral remorse may have filled John’s…
John wrote his first epistle to set forth objective standards by which those under his care could evaluate their spiritual experience. In a day when many were claiming to have…
The opponents in view in 2 Peter taught that believers like Peter were wrong in their interpretation of the times. In 2 Peter, Peter was strongly polemical against a specific…
In the final three chapters of 1 Peter, Peter continued to urge his audience to fully embrace the alien status that had been forced on them. As those scattered from…
The Epistle of First Peter was written to a group of believers who had been removed from their homeland because of persecution. They were thus aliens, temporary residents in a…
James’s readers were enduring financial difficulty. They had been dispersed from their homeland and were socially and economically disadvantaged (Jas 1:1). In the midst of this difficulty, interpersonal relationships were…
James was concerned for his audience to grasp their lofty spiritual status. Though at present they suffered all sorts of trials and felt lowly, they were God’s chosen ones, heirs…
The references to the Old Testament in Hebrews 12-13 show that the author did not arbitrarily employ Scripture. His use of passages from Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Proverbs, and Haggai…
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The Revelation of John is a prophetic book that explains God’s judgement against the nations and salvation of His people through Christ. Writing from a thoroughgoing Old Testament framework, John…
Commentary New Testament Revelation