Bible Commentaries

The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. The congregation he addressed was an Israel separated from its former days of blessing by a season o...

First-century Corinth and its challenges were not so different from our own. Upwardly mobile Christians facing radically diverse ethnic, religious,...

The church at Corinth was a church with problems not unlike those that many churches face today. These issues included worldliness; spiritual disun...

The cosmopolitan city of Corinth was the site of one of the apostle Paul's greatest evangelistic successes. However, the church he founded was full...

The book of 1 Kings outlines the rise and fall of ancient Israel through the stories of fourteen kings. It is a book of great victories and devast...

As a young church in a hostile environment, Peter's first readers found in his letter encouragement, not just for facing suffering, but for living ...

In 1 Peter, explains Wayne Grudem, readers are encouraged to grow in their trust in God and their obedience to him throughout their lives, but espe...

Peter wrote this letter at the outbreak of Nero's persecution, urging his readers to have hope and courage in the midst of terrible affliction. His...

Paul wrote this letter to Timothy to encourage and instruct him in the ministry. As a young pastor, Timothy faced many temptations and challenges. ...

El comentario bíblico sobre el libro de Hechos está disponible ahora en español. En las páginas de estos comentarios expositivos no se percibe sola...

Fascination with the end times is not just a recent phenomenon. The young church at Thessalonica, having taken root during Paul's brief stay there,...

Questions about the nature of Christian leadership and authority, attitudes toward wealth and materialism, proper responses to cults, the role of w...

Torn by conflict, the congregation to whom John addressed his letters stood in need of his strong exhortations to love and unity within the bounds ...

The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. The congregation he addressed was an Israel separated from its former days of blessing by a season o...

Though few church squabbles today come close to matching the intensity and seriousness of what Paul faced in the commercial and hedonistic hotbed o...

An expository Bible-study guide to the book of 2 Corinthians that can be used as a devotional, teaching or preaching resource. In 2 Corinthians For...

Second Corinthians is the most vulnerable of Paul's letters, providing unique insight into his heart for God and his motivation in ministry. With h...

Paul's long, complicated history with the Corinthian church culminates in this ardent defense of Christian ministry in general and of his own minis...

"The epistle of 2 Peter has had a very rough passage down the centuries," says Michael Green in this commentary. "Its entry into the Canon was prec...

The miracle of being forgiven is perhaps equaled only by the wonder of also being trusted again. That wondrous experience in the life of Simon Pete...

Second Peter and Jude are sometimes neglected as the "dark corner" of the New Testament. But Christians avoid these two letters to their peril. Bot...

An expository Bible-study guide to the book of 2 Samuel that can be used as a devotional, teaching or preaching resource. 2 Samuel is a story of...

Second Timothy is essentially Paul's last will and testament. Though alone and in prison, Paul saw his ministry as a success because he had remaine...