Chapter 21: 1 Peter: Trials, Holy Living, and the Lord’s Coming
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10 D A Hayes, “Epistle of James,” in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 3:1564 11 The notable example of refuting James is that of Martin Luther, who wrote that James “contradicts Paul and all Scriptures, seeking to accomplish by enforcing the law what the apostles successfully e ect by love.” (Quoted by Hayes, 3:1566.) Henrietta C Mears, What the Bible Is All About, p 595 13 Hayes, 3:1564 14 Quoted in John Peter Lange, Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Proverbs, p 15 These are outlines, respectively, of (1) Merrill C Tenney, New Testament Survey, pp 263-64; (2) Merrill F Unger, Unger’s Bible Handbook, p 784; (3) Walter M Dunnett, An Outline of New Testament Survey, pp 143-44 The three outlines show mainly the compositional unit of section 16 Compare the title of G Coleman Luck’s commentary in the Everyman’s Bible Commentary series, James, Faith in Action Read such passages as Timothy 6:18; Titus 1:16; 3:8, which show the important place Paul assigns to works as the outcome of salvation D A Hayes, “The Epistle of James,” in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 3:1566 19 Chart 109 is an abridged analytical chart The method of constructing analytical charts is taught in my book, Independent Bible Study 211 Peter: Trials, Holy Living, and the Lord’s Coming Shortly before Peter denied his Master, Christ told him, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers” (Luke 22:31-32, italics added) Little did Peter know at that time how he would eventually be used of God to strengthen not only believers of his own generation, but believers of all generations to come, through the two inspired epistles that he was to write I PREPARATION FOR STUDY One of the best preparations for studying Peter’s letters is to study his biography That is the reason for the extended treatment of biography in the pages that follow II THE MAN PETER Peter wrote only two New Testament books It is interesting to observe that of the notable “triumvirate” of New Testament writers mentioned earlier — Paul, apostle of faith; John, apostle of love; and Peter, apostle of hope — the man who does not appear in the gospels (Paul) authored most of the New Testament books, and the man who is most prominent in the gospels (Peter) wrote the least number of New Testament books.1 For some Bible books, we cannot be sure of the identity of authorship (e.g., Hebrews) For some books whose authorship is known, we have sparse biographical information concerning the author (e.g., Jude) However, in the case of and Peter, the gospels and ... “triumvirate” of New Testament writers mentioned earlier — Paul, apostle of faith; John, apostle of love; and Peter, apostle of hope — the man who does not appear in the gospels (Paul) authored most of the. .. the New Testament books, and the man who is most prominent in the gospels (Peter) wrote the least number of New Testament books.1 For some Bible books, we cannot be sure of the identity of authorship... biography That is the reason for the extended treatment of biography in the pages that follow II THE MAN PETER Peter wrote only two New Testament books It is interesting to observe that of the notable