Virtue amidst Vice represents an attempt to probe a relatively
obscure portion of a relatively obscure New Testament document. 2
Peter reflects a social setting that presents a most daunting
pastoral challenge. The danger confronting the Christian community
is a lapse in ethical standards and a return-whether by mere
forgetfulness or in wholesale apostasy-to the former way of life. 2
Peter's prophetic and paraenetic response borrows from the moral
grammar of contemporary moral philosophers in exhorting the readers
to recall-and validate through virtuous living-the faith they have
received. The theme of the moral life runs throughout 2 Peter, with
the various components of the author's literary arsenal
subordinated to this thematic development. It is the function of
the catalogue of virtues (1.5-7) both to introduce and to anchor
the author's call to repel moral scepticism and reinvigorate the
moral life.
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