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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... ourselves to heaven nor create faith in ourselves . God will not permit all persons to enter heaven ; he will very definitely identify his own . Here the human doctrine of free will and of our own ability avails nothing any longer . It ...
... ourselves to heaven nor create faith in ourselves . God will not permit all persons to enter heaven ; he will very definitely identify his own . Here the human doctrine of free will and of our own ability avails nothing any longer . It ...
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... ourselves from this misery , find the right path , become pious and be saved ? Here everyone wishes to be an expert and thinks he knows best how to put all in order again . Ask the Jew , and he gives you this answer : if he is ...
... ourselves from this misery , find the right path , become pious and be saved ? Here everyone wishes to be an expert and thinks he knows best how to put all in order again . Ask the Jew , and he gives you this answer : if he is ...
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... ourselves with the hope , which is certain and will not let us be put to shame , until that day when we shall see what we now hope for . We call it " a living hope ; " that is , one in which we certainly expect , and may be assured of ...
... ourselves with the hope , which is certain and will not let us be put to shame , until that day when we shall see what we now hope for . We call it " a living hope ; " that is , one in which we certainly expect , and may be assured of ...
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... ourselves , but " through Christ , " ( vv . 1-2 ) . Therefore we must bring Christ with us , must come with him , must satisfy God with him and do all we have to transact with God through him , and in his name . That is the thought ...
... ourselves , but " through Christ , " ( vv . 1-2 ) . Therefore we must bring Christ with us , must come with him , must satisfy God with him and do all we have to transact with God through him , and in his name . That is the thought ...
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... ourselves for grace and secure eternal life through our own work and merit , as the pope and his sophists and canonists have shamelessly taught and written and wish still to defend the same as right ; what need was there that God should ...
... ourselves for grace and secure eternal life through our own work and merit , as the pope and his sophists and canonists have shamelessly taught and written and wish still to defend the same as right ; what need was there that God should ...
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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.