{"id":61647,"date":"2025-12-01T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61647"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:46:30","slug":"best-commentaries-on-1-peter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-1-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on 1 Peter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Mark Mitchell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Mitchell served as Pastor at Central Peninsula Church for 35 years and is now the Executive Director of the Bay Area School of Ministry (BASOM), a ministry seeking to raise up pastors and ministry leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Karen Jobes, 1 Peter, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scot McKnight, 1 Peter, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I. Howard Marshall, 1 Peter, IVP New Testament Commentary (Downers Grove: IVP, 1991)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. 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