(vv.6–10)
The Message to “All” (vv.2, 6–10)
God Gives Grace to the Humble (vv.6–11)
The Final Promise to All (vv.10–11)
Final Greetings: Who, Where, and How (vv.12–14)
Who is Silvanus and What is His Role in the Writing of the Epistle?
Who is “Mark?”
Where/What is Babylon?
10 Chapter 6: Jude: A Dynamic Response to Heresy Greeting and Purpose Purpose (v.3) The Body of the Epistle: Charges/Punishment Predicted (vv.4–16) The Fallen Angels: Second Example of Punishment (v.6) Sodom and Gomorrah: Third Example (v.7) Second Set of Triple Charges (vv.8–11): Pollution, Rejection of Authority, Slander of Heavenly Beings The Illustration: The Dispute Between Michael and Satan (v.9) Three Examples of Punishment: Cain, Balaam, and Korah (v.11) Metaphors of Charges Against the Teachers (vv.12–16) Prediction of Punishment: Enoch’s Prophecy (vv.14–16) Exhortations to the Faithful (17–23) Closing Doxology (vv.24–25) Effects in Literature, Culture, and Art: Michael and Satan’s Dispute (v.9)
11 Chapter 7: Excursus: Jude’s Role in the Reception History of Enoch Enoch in the Early Church Summary Effects in Literature, Culture, and Art: The Fallen Angels, Jude 6; 2 Peter 2:4
12 Chapter 8: Greetings and the Bases for Certainty (2 Peter 1) Greetings: Authorship, Authenticity, and Authority (1:1–2) The Basis for Certainty and Peter’s Response: Participation in the Divine Nature (1:4–11) Can Salvation Be Lost? (vv.10–11) More Grounds for Certainty: Eyewitness Testimony (1:12–15) Even More Grounds for Certainty: The Nature of Prophecy and the Inspiration of Scripture (1:16–21)
13 Chapter 9: The False Teachers and Peter’s Response (2 Peter 2:1–22)
14 Chapter 10: Where is the Promise of His Coming? (2 Peter 3:1–18) Reaffirmation and Reminders (3:1–3) Where is the Promise and Peter’s Response: Judgment and Rescue (3:4–10) Final Exhortations (3:11–18)
15 Chapter 11 Excursus: Delay of the Parousia (2 Peter 3) Modern and Current Scholarship (eighteenth to twenty‐first centuries)
17 Appendix 1: Who Wrote These Epistles? The Reception of 1, 2 Peter and Jude 1 Peter's Authenticity Jude’s Authenticity 2 Peter’s Authenticity
18 Appendix 2: Ancient Writers, their Writings, and their Sources
19 Appendix 3: Reception Historical Timeline
20 Appendix 4: Overview of the Reception History of Enoch The Book of the Watchers: the fallen angels
21 Glossary
23 Index of Biblical References
24 Index
List of Illustrations
