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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 1 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 1 and 2 Peter, the gospels and
