Abbreviations
Introduction
The "Fiery
Ordeal" (1 Peter 4:12): The situation of suffering
The
"Foreigners" (1 Peter 1:1; 2:11): The theological interpretation of
the situation
"In Order
to Encourage and to Testify" (1 Peter 5:12): The arrangement of the
letter
"Rebirth"
and "People of God": The crossing of the vertical and horizontal
dimensions of soteriology
"For It Is
Written" (1 Peter 1:16): 1 Peter and tradition
"Peter,
Apostle of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:1): Questions of introduction
The Influence
of First Peter
Exegesis
Prescript: The
Addressees as Foreigners and People of God 1:1-2
The Reason for
the Foreignness: Rebirth and the People of God 1:3-2:10
Rebirth
1:3-2:3
Introductory
Eulogy: Rebirth and Joy in Suffering 1:3-12
Rebirth and the
New Way of Life 1:13-2:3
The Regenerate
as God's People 2:4-10
The Building Up
into a Spiritual House 2:4-8
The Foreigners
as God's People 2:9-10
Summary
1:3-2:10
Freedom and
Obedience: Foreigners in the Society 2:11-5:11
Exhortation and
Comfort 2:11-4:11
Living as
Foreigners2:11-12
New Way of Life
within the Society 2:13-4:6
Exhortation to
Love One Another 4:7-11
Comfort and
Exhortation 4:12-5:11
Suffering as
Fellowship with Christ 4:12-19
Leadership and
Service within the Community 5:1-5
Final
Exhortation and Comfort 5:6-11
Letter Closing
5:12-14
Hope
"Imperishable,
Undefiled, Unfading"-The Reception and Transformation of Metaphysical
Attributes of God in 1 Peter
Temptation/[characters
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The Soul and
Salvation of the Soul in 1 Peter
The
Desires
God as
Judge
Rebirth
The Context of
the Exhortation to Subordination
Subject and
Responsible Citizen
"Humility"/[characters
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Devil/Satan
Bibliography
Index
