A Survey of the New Testament Chapter 17 The Catholic, or General, Letters

James: Salvation by Works 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Introductory Issues 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Authorship Jewishness Canonicity Addressees

James: Salvation by Works 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Introductory Issues Date Allusions to Jesus’ Sayings 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Reading James with Interpretation Topics

A (once-) Polished Metal Mirror note the mention in James 1:23-24

one of the nature images used in James (3:18) Harvest (viz. Winnowing) one of the nature images used in James (3:18)

First Peter: Salvation and Suffering Introductory Issues Theme Authorship 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Date Silvanus’s Role

First Peter: Salvation and Suffering Introductory Issues Roman Origin 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters

Rome (The Circus Maximus) probably the “Babylon” from which Peter writes

First Peter: Salvation and Suffering Introductory Issues Roman Origin Addressees 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters

one of the provinces named in the address of 1 Peter Cappadocia one of the provinces named in the address of 1 Peter

First Peter: Salvation and Suffering Introductory Issues Roman Origin Addressees 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters An Outline of First Peter

First Peter: Salvation and Suffering Reading First Peter with Interpretation Suffering and Reward Good Conduct 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters

Woman with braided hair (1 Peter 3:3)

First Peter: Salvation and Suffering Reading First Peter with Interpretation Suffering and Reward Good Conduct 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Descent into Hell Baptism Exhortations

Second Peter: In Defense of Orthodoxy Introductory Issues Theme Authenticity and Canonicity 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters

Reflecting the tradition of his crucifixion upside-down The Martyrdom of Peter Reflecting the tradition of his crucifixion upside-down

Second Peter: In Defense of Orthodoxy Introductory Issues Theme Authenticity and Canonicity 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Relation to Jude Allusion to Paul’s Letters An Outline of Second Peter

Second Peter: In Defense of Orthodoxy Reading Second Peter with Interpretation Reliability of Orthodoxy 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters

Jude: Danger! False Teachers! 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Introductory Issues Theme Authorship 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters An Outline of Jude

Jude: Danger! False Teachers! 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Reading Jude with Interpretation 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters

Fragments from 1 Enoch quoted in Jude 14-15

Jude: Danger! False Teachers! 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Reading Jude with Interpretation False Teachers Pseudepigraphal References 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters

First John: Fatherly Instruction to “Little Children” Introductory Issues Theme Literary Form, Address, and Purpose 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Antignostic Polemic Cerinthianism Docetism

First John: Fatherly Instruction to “Little Children” An Outline of First John Reading First John with Interpretation Sinlessness? 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters The Sin unto Death

2 & 3 John: Fatherly Instruction to Christians Introductory Issues Canonicity and Authorship An Outline of Second John 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters Reading Second John with Interpretation Themes, Purpose, and Address

2 & 3 John: Fatherly Instruction to Christians An Outline of Third John Reading Third John with Purpose Theme, Address, and Purpose 17 – The Catholic, or General, Letters