Other Commentaries

Here the reader meets many of the picturesque images that are identified with Revelation--the four horses and their riders, the antichrist, the wom...

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...

In the book of Acts the story of Jesus begun in the Gospel of Luke broadens into the story of the Holy Spirit, guiding the fledgling church to proc...

In his introduction to this volume, Dr. Barclay explains why the first three Gospels are called "synoptic," how they came to be written, and why ma...

A Study Guide and Exposition L.A. Mott’s forté is careful analysis of biblical text. The issue the Galatian churches struggled with in the 1st cent...

Second Corinthians IVP New Testament Commentary Though few church squabbles today come close to matching the intensity and seriousness of what Paul...

If ever there was an environment hostile to the gospel, it was the strife-torn, ethnically diverse backwater of the Roman Empire known as Palestine...

Matthew IVP New Testament Commentary Series Matthew was the most popular Gospel in the early church, widely read for its clear emphasis on Jesus' t...

James IVP New Testament Commentary Series What is the proper relationship between faith and deeds? How do Christians mature in the faith? What hope...

Hebrews IVP New Testament Commentary Series For people beginning to doubt the uniqueness and supremacy of Christ, the author of the book of Hebrews...

Galatians IVP New Testament Commentary Series  "Wherever ethnic rivalries are destroying societies, the book of Galatians calls Christians to expre...

First Peter IVP New Testament Commentary Series Recipient of a Christianity Today 1992 Critics' Choice Award! As a young church in a hostile enviro...

Ephesians IVP New Testament Commentary Series "More than any other book of the Bible, Ephesians displays the great purpose and plan of God for the ...

Colossians & Philemon IVP New Testament Commentary Series To the Colossians, preoccupied with legal codes and intellectual disputes, Paul wrote...

Corinth was not much different from our world today--populous, proud, prosperous, philosophical, and polluted. The church in Corinth had its share ...

NIV Commentary Series:  Genesis Volume 1 The word "genesis" means "The coming into being of something; the origin." "In the beginning God created t...

NIV Commentary Series: Genesis Volume 2 Genesis is not merely an Old Testament book. Genesis is the beginning of the Bible’s macro-narrative, the o...

NIV Commentary Series: Exodus The book of Exodus functions as the sequel to Genesis describing God's deliverance of the children of Israel and the ...

NIV Commentary Series: Leviticus & Numbers Leviticus The key theological concept of Leviticus is holiness. The phrase "holiness to the Lord" oc...

NIV Commentary Series: Deuteronomy The nation of Israel was poised on the brink of a totally new kind of life. They would be changing from nomadic ...

NIV Commentary Series: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs Typically known as part of the Wisdom Literature category, Proverbs and Ecclesia...

NIV Commentary Series Judges & Ruth Judges In the immediate context of the OT, Judges forms a link between the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt...

NIV Commentary Series:  2 Corinthians Second Corinthians is, in part, a letter of joy; for a report came to Paul that the Corinthians had rejected ...

NIV Commentary Series 1, 2, 3 John This study examines these questions and issues facing Christianity at the close of the twentieth century. Viewed...