A

angels, 101–3, 121–23, 130–32, 133–35, 240–42, 244–45

annihilation, 172, 263–64

apologetics, 88–89

arrogance, 121–22

Assumption (Testament) of Moses, 246, 249–50

authorship of Jude, 27–28

authorship of 2 Peter, 21–25, 164–65

B

backgrounds, 129–30

Balaam, 127–29, 257–58

C

Cain, 257

canon, 215–17, 272–74, 277–78

Christ as God, 35–36, 225–26

Christian life, 56–58, 179–83, 196–97, 295–97

contextualizing, 53

corruption, 44, 144

creation, 169–70

creeds (orthodoxy), 235–37

D

date of Jude, 28

date of 2 Peter, 24–25

Day (of the Lord), 76, 81–82, 198

death of believers, 67–68, 173–74

death of Peter, 62–63

demons, 116–17, 133–35, 245–46

destruction of world, 175–79, 189–91, 199, 200–202

doubt, 287–88

doxology, 214–15, 300, 302

E

election, 49, 58–60, 188, 272, 276–77

Epicureans, 148–50

eschatology, 95–96, 174–79, 200–202, 203–5, 218–19

eternal security, 58–60, 151–55

evolution, 183–84

Exodus (the), 239–40

F

faith, 34–35, 45, 228–29, 284

false teaching, 16–21, 69–70, 90–99, 132–33, 137–39, 159, 228–30, 243–47, 258–60, 279–80, 293–95, 297–99

First Enoch, 101–2, 110–12, 230, 241–42, 268–74

First Peter, 162–63

flood of Noah, 103–4, 171

freedom, 143–44, 157–59

G

genre, letter, 36–37

godliness, 41, 46

H

hell, 261–67

Hellenistic ideas, 51–52

holiness, 157

homosexuality, 107, 117–18, 250–55

I

imminency, 192–95, 204–5

inspiration, 77–79, 84–86, 86–88

intertestamental traditions, use of, 109–13, 128–29, 247–50

J

Jews and Gentiles, 37–38

judgment, 93, 100–104, 106–7, 113–15, 123–24, 239–42, 261–67

K

knowledge, 36, 38–39, 40–41, 42, 45, 145, 214

L

law, 163–64, 179–83

love, 46–47, 53–54, 285

M

memory, 61, 65–67, 280–81

mockery, 166, 282

myth, 71–72, 82–83

N

nature, divine, 43–44, 51–53, 54–56

O

Old Testament in the New, 108–10

P

Paul, apostle, 209–12

pluralism, 97–98

power, 41

prophecy, prophets, 75–79, 163

pseudonymity, 22–24, 64–65

R

relationship of Jude and 2 Peter, 16–18

renewal (eschatological), 199–200, 200–202

repentance, 187–88

rhetoric, 231–33

righteousness, 35, 146

S

Second Coming (parousia), 70–75, 161, 186–89, 192–95, 196–97, 207, 219–20, 274–75

sensuality, 125–29, 135–37

servant, slave, 224–25

Sodom and Gomorrah, 104–5, 241–43, 250–51

sorites, 50–51

Spirit, 56–58

T

testament (genre), 23–24, 64–65

textual criticism, 289–93

tradition, 233–35

Transfiguration, 72–75, 79–80

truth, 137–39

V

visions, 255