Table of Contents

Introduction to 1 Peter
Outline of 1 Peter
Address and Greeting (1:1-2)
Opening Blessing and Proclamation (1:3-12)
New Way of Life in God's Household (1:13-2:10)
Order in Relationships (2:11-3:12)
Faithfulness in Suffering for Christ (3:13-4:19)
Concluding Exhortations (5:1-11)
Final Greetings (5:12-14)

Introduction to 2 Peter
Outline of 2 Peter
Address and Greeting (1:1-2)
Reminder of the Power and Promises of God (1:3-21)
Condemnation of False Teachers (2:1-22)
The Return of the Lord (3:1-16)
Final Exhortation and Doxology (3:17-18)

Introduction to Jude
Outline of Jude
The Opening of the Letter (1:1-2)
The Case against the False Teachers (1:5-19)
Closing of the Letter (1:20-25)

Glossary
Indexes
Map

About the Author

Daniel Keating (DPhil, University of Oxford) is professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. He is the author or coeditor of The Appropriation of Divine Life in Cyril of Alexandria, The Theology of Cyril of Alexandria, Aquinas on Doctrine, and Aquinas on Scripture.