The First Epistle of Peter (The New International Commentary on the New Testament)

The first-edition NICNT commentary by Pewter Davids makes a singular contribution toward mining the wealth of material in 1 Peter. According to Davids, 1 Peter constitutes a significant work of New Testament theology and pastoral care, serves as an example of how the early church applied Jesus' sayings and the Old Testament writings to contemporary concerns (and thus functions also as a model for modern church usage of those materials), and presents some extremely useful perspectives on living the Christian life.