The second New Testament letter of the Apostle Peter.
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Is Peter's use of Tartarus adoptive of Hellenistic language or ideas?
We see here in 2 Peter 2:4 reference to what in most English translations is "hell", but in the Greek is Tartarus (as usually the footnotes note):
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, ...
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Why are 2 Peter and Jude usually together in commentaries?
It seems pretty standard for commentaries to be written on the combination of 2 Peter and Jude. Obviously they both share the subject matter of false teachers, but I assume there are reasons beyond ...
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Does Peter intend to identify the Pauline Epistles as canonical?
In 2 Peter 3:15-16, Peters states:
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his ...
