2 Peter and Jude (NIV Application Commentary | NIVAC)

by Douglas J. Moo

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 1996

Overview

The apostles Peter and Jude wouldn’t have made good postmodernists. They insist that there is such a thing as absolute, non-negotiable truth, as well as error and deception. They speak of false doctrines and those who teach them as if they actually believe that eternity hangs in the balance and that God, far from shrugging his shoulders like a good relativist, takes the matters of truth and spiritual authority very seriously.

Today the fiery, unapologetic language of 2 Peter and Jude can open our eyes to stark spiritual realities. Like few other apostolic writings, these two letters shake us awake to the vital necessity of embracing the true gospel and transmitting it undistorted. The message is as countercultural as possible, and profoundly timely.

Key Features

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• Contains the NIV Application Commentary series introduction provided by the editors

Contents

Top Highlights

“Peter’s point is clear: Spiritual growth is not a matter that Christians can treat lightly; it is a goal to which we need to give ourselves body and soul, every day of our lives.” (Page 44)

“While God gives us the ability to become godly, it is our responsibility to use the power he has made available to us and actually work at becoming people who please God in every phase of life.” (Page 46)

“Too many Christians are content simply with being Christians, happy simply to know they won’t go to hell. But the true Christian never rests content with such a minimal (albeit important!) level of Christian experience. True ‘knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ’ (end of v. 8) should always spark the unquenchable desire to know him better and better and to seek to use that knowledge in the service of others. Indeed, as Peter will suggest in this letter, one cannot be a true Christian without showing the effects of one’s relationship with Christ in a renewed lifestyle.” (Page 47)

“For them, self-control, an aspect of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:23), enables believers to avoid falling prey to the temptations—especially sexual—that are so unavoidable in the world we live in.” (Page 45)

“Love is not only the last and greatest Christian virtue; it is also the ‘glue’ that holds all the rest of them together, the quality without which all the others will be less than they should be.” (Page 47)

Praise for the Print Edition

It is encouraging to find a commentary that is not only biblically trustworthy but also contemporary in its application. The NIV Application Commentary will prove to be a helpful tool in the pastor’s sermon preparation. I use it and recommend it.

—Charles F. Stanley, pastor, First Baptist Church of Atlanta

The NIV Application Commentary series doesn’t fool around. It gets right down to business, bringing this ancient and powerful Word of God into the present so that it can be heard and delivered with all the freshness of a new day, with all the immediacy of a friend’s embrace.

—Eugene H. Peterson

The NIV Application Commentary series promises to be of very great service to all who preach and teach the Word of God.

—J. I. Packer, Regent College

Product Details

• Title: 2 Peter, Jude
• Author: Douglas J. Moo
• Series: NIV Application Commentary
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 1996
• Logos Release Date: 2010
• Pages: 320
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. 2 Peter › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Jude › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780310427322, 0310427320, 9780310201045, 0310201047
• Resource ID: LLS:NIVAC82PE2
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-01T22:31:06Z

About Douglas J. Moo

Dr. Douglas J. Moo, professor of New Testament, teaches at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. For over twenty years, his ministry was based at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. His academic interests revolve around the interface of exegesis and theology.

Dr. Moo seeks to model to students a rigorous approach to the Greek text that always asks the “so what” questions of ultimate significance and application. The Pauline and General Letters have been his special focus within the NT canon. In the next few years, he will be writing commentaries on Galatians and Hebrews, a Pauline theology, and a theological and practical book on creation care.

He has also been active in his local church, serving as elder most years, teaching and preaching to the church, and conducting home Bible studies. Also very rewarding has been his service on the Committee on Bible Translation, the group of scholars charged with revising the text of the NIV and with producing the TNIV.

He and his wife, Jenny, have five grown children.