The letters of 2 Peter and Jude

Introduction to Jude

Introduction

Authorship

Place and date

Addressees

Language and structure

Theology

Commentary on Jude

Letter opening: salutation (vv. 1-2)

Letter body (vv. 3-23)

Body opening: thematic statement (exordium/narratio)(vv. 3-4)

Body proper: proof for the thematic statement (vv. 5-16)

First proof (vv. 5-7 and 8-10)

Second proof (vv. 11-13)

Third proof (vv. 14-16)

Body closing (vv. 17-23)

Final prophecy (vv. 17-19)

Closing exhortation (vv. 20-23)

Letter closing: doxology (vv. 24-25)

Introduction to 2 Peter

Introduction

Authorship

Date, language, and style

Recipients and opponents

Jude and 2 Peter

Literary form

Theology

God

Jesus

The Holy Spirit

The human condition

Deliverance

Eschatology

Scripture

Commentary on 2 Peter

Salutation (1:1-2)

Letter opening (1:3-15)

Opening sermon (1:3-11)

Historical introduction: the divine benefaction (1:3-4)

Call to virtue (1:5-11)

Purpose statement (1:12-15)

Letter body (1:16-3:16)

The implications of the transfiguration (1:16-21)

Condemnation of the false teachers (2:1-22)

Introduction to the false teachers (2:1-3)

Argument for the judgment of the false teachers (2:4-22)

Excursus on Balaam in Rabbinic literature

Conclusions about the day of the lord (3:1-13)

Body closing: final judgment (3:14-16)

Letter closing (3:17-18).