George Lyons has been Professor of New Testament at Northwest Nazarene since 1991, after teaching 14 years at Olivet Nazarene University. He has also served as a visiting professor at Nazarene Theological Seminary, Point Loma Nazarene University, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Nazarene Theological College (Brisbane, Australia and Manchester, England), Southeast Asia Nazarene Bible College (Bangkok, Thailand) and European Nazarene College (B?singen, Germany and extensions in Razgrad, Bulgaria; Lisbon, Portugal; and Montpelier and Paris, France). He has also taught in China.He is a past president of the Wesleyan Theological Society and a member of the Society of Biblical Literature. He holds degrees from Olivet Nazarene University and Nazarene Theological Seminary as well as a PhD, from Emory University. ROBERT W. SMITH is professor of Scripture and preaching in the School of Theology and Christian Ministry at Point Loma Nazarene University. Prior to his assignment at Point Loma, he served for 20 years as a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene. He earned an M.Div. at the Iliff School of Theology and a D.Min. at Fuller Theological Seminary. Kara Lyons-Pardue, PhD, received her doctorate in biblical studies from Princeton Theological Seminary. She serves as associate professor of New Testament at Point Loma Nazarene University. She is a published contributor in several books and a regular, ongoing contributor to a variety of pastoral and church-educational resources, including Illustrated Bible Life. Her upcoming commentary on Philemon, included in the Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon edition of the New Beacon Bible Commentary series, will be available from Beacon Hill Press in 2019.