Archive for the ‘1&2 Peter’ Category

  • Submission of wives in 1 Peter

    Sep 3, 12 • 1&2 Peter, Gender, Marriage, TranslationComments Off on Submission of wives in 1 Peter
    Submission of wives  in 1 Peter

    This post is a follow-up to the previous one, addressing submission in 1 Peter 3. 1 Peter 3:1 calls wives to -submit- to their husbands. What does it call husbands to do? Do our common English translations mislead us? Was Peter more revolutionary than we thought? In addressing this question, as well as a look [&hellip...

  • E100-93: 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:12: A Living Hope

    Aug 25, 10 • 1&2 Peter, E100Comments Off on E100-93: 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:12: A Living Hope
    E100-93: 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:12: A Living Hope

    This epistle is a bit of a puzzle it presents itself as written by Peter, Jesus’ rough practical fisherman disciple, but it is written in smart literary Greek and the style seems to reflect Hellenistic rhetorical training. (As well as the sort of knowledge of Scripture we might expect from Peter!) Perhaps it was written [&hellip...