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“The one who believes in him will not be put to shame”. Reinterpreting Isaiah 28:16 in Romans 9:33 and 1Peter 2:6. This study delves into the meaning of Isaiah 28:16, examining its original context and subsequent interpretation in the New Testament, with a particular emphasis on the stone metaphor. The first part scrutinises text-critical and semantic issues, considering the Masoretic Texts alongside variant non-Masoretic readings. The latter section assesses the incorporation of the Isaianic text within two New Testament excerpts. This process is mediated through the Septuagint, specifically, a revised edition thereof. The study posits that the New Testament authors, with their different contextualisations, did not seek to innovate but rather aimed to integrate their approaches into an established hermeneutical lineage, commencing with Isaiah’s earlier interpreters.

My interest in the topic of suffering has been stimulated essentially by the experiences from the pastoral visits and pastoral encounters in a Transylvanian congregation where I work as a pastor. The interchange with the believers and their hardship lead me to conclude that many homes along the streets there are houses of suffering, many life-stories are stories of suffering. Often the suffering encountered at the heart of the believers’ home is something what makes them to “live as if they will never die and die as if they had never lived”. Nevertheless, accompanying the believers in their search for meaning and comfort I realized that they continue to believe in God despite suffering, impoverishment and oppression. But what I often experience is a struggle with ethical shortcuts in the midst of suffering.

A tanulmány Péter első és második levelének főbb etikai aspektusait tárgyalja. Megállapítja, hogy a kis-ázsiai keresztyének számára e levelek értékes és aktualizált etikai perspektívákat nyújtanak. Egyik levél esetében sem találkozunk letisztult etikával, ugyanis a szerzőnek nem célja valamiféle etikai szabályrendszer meghirdetése, hanem Isten és a hívő ember kapcsolatának minél tisztább megélése és átélése. Az 1Pt a szenvedésben tanúsított jócselekedetekre és az engedelmességre összpontosít az intuiciótól az imitatio Christi-ig történő ívelésben, a 2Pt pedig a törekedés és részesedés feszültségébe ágyazza a kapcsolatot.