Commentary on Peter and JudeA timeless commentary written by one of the most influential theologians in history. Though often neglected, the New Testament epistles of Peter and Jude offer important insights for Christians in their daily walk. In this commentary, Luther explores the biblical text in the clear yet direct style for which he is known. Emphasizing the salvation and grace promised through Jesus Christ, Luther calls Christians to live radically as they wait for the future life. |
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... possess the power to pass judgment on doctrine . Peter wrote this , his first epistle , to the converted heathen and exhorted them to continue steadfast in their faith and to grow in it under all kinds of suffering and in every good ...
... possess the power to pass judgment on doctrine . Peter wrote this , his first epistle , to the converted heathen and exhorted them to continue steadfast in their faith and to grow in it under all kinds of suffering and in every good ...
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... possess , and be ready for whatever may meet you . God , the Father , the apostle says , ordained you that you should be his chosen children and be sanctified , but not by the outward , bodily sanctification of the law , which has never ...
... possess , and be ready for whatever may meet you . God , the Father , the apostle says , ordained you that you should be his chosen children and be sanctified , but not by the outward , bodily sanctification of the law , which has never ...
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... possesses him , while his heart gains peace also , and he fears neither the world nor the devil ; for he knows that God , who controls all things , is his friend , and will deliver him from death , hell , and all evil ; therefore his ...
... possesses him , while his heart gains peace also , and he fears neither the world nor the devil ; for he knows that God , who controls all things , is his friend , and will deliver him from death , hell , and all evil ; therefore his ...
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... possesses . Observe how valiantly the Scriptures present this matter . It is all a living , not a vain , matter in which we are concerned . Since we are thus begotten again , the children and heirs of God , we are equal in honor and ...
... possesses . Observe how valiantly the Scriptures present this matter . It is all a living , not a vain , matter in which we are concerned . Since we are thus begotten again , the children and heirs of God , we are equal in honor and ...
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... commence to believe . But as long as we are upon the earth , we must live in hope . For although we are indeed assured that through faith we possess all the treasures of God ( for faith certainly brings with it 30 1 Peter 1 : 3b.
... commence to believe . But as long as we are upon the earth , we must live in hope . For although we are indeed assured that through faith we possess all the treasures of God ( for faith certainly brings with it 30 1 Peter 1 : 3b.
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Page 25 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 60 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Page 283 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Page 166 - Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Page 172 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, (for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sin...
Page 136 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 244 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.