The Expositor’s Bible: The Pastoral Epistles

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Author

Plummer, Alfred, 1841-1926

Title

The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles

Credits

Produced by Marcia Brooks, Colin Bell, Nigel Blower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Bible. Pastoral Epistles -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39628

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39628

Release Date

May 5, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE. — THE PASTORAL EPISTLES.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTORY.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — THE CHARACTER AND THE GENUINENESS OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES. — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — TIMOTHY THE BELOVED DISCIPLE OF ST. PAUL. HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — THE DOCTRINE CONDEMNED IN THE PASTORAL EPISTLES A JEWISH FORM OF GNOSTICISM.—THE GNOSTIC’S PROBLEM. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE MORAL TEACHING OF THE GNOSTICS.—ITS MODERN COUNTERPART. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — THE LORD’S COMPASSION IN ENABLING A BLASPHEMER AND A PERSECUTOR TO BECOME A SERVANT OF CHRIST JESUS AND A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — THE PROPHECIES ON TIMOTHY.—THE PROPHETS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, AN EXCEPTIONAL INSTRUMENT OF EDIFICATION. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — THE PUNISHMENT OF HYMENÆUS AND ALEXANDER.—DELIVERING TO SATAN AN EXCEPTIONAL INSTRUMENT OF PURIFICATION.—THE PERSONALITY OF SATAN. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — ELEMENTS OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP; INTERCESSORY PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING.—THE SOLIDARITY OF CHRISTENDOM AND OF THE HUMAN RACE. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — BEHAVIOUR IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: MEN’S ATTITUDE OF BODY AND MIND: WOMEN’S ATTIRE AND ORNAMENT. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; VARIOUS CERTAINTIES AND PROBABILITIES DISTINGUISHED. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — THE APOSTLE’S RULE RESPECTING SECOND MARRIAGES; ITS MEANING AND PRESENT OBLIGATION. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — THE RELATION OF HUMAN CONDUCT TO THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF BODILY EXERCISE AND OF GODLINESS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — THE PASTOR’S BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS WOMEN.—THE CHURCH WIDOW. — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE PASTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES IN ORDAINING AND JUDGING PRESBYTERS.—THE WORKS THAT GO BEFORE AND THAT FOLLOW US. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — THE NATURE OF ROMAN SLAVERY AND THE APOSTLE’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT.—A MODERN PARALLEL. — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — THE GAIN OF A LOVE OF GODLINESS, AND THE UNGODLINESS OF A LOVE OF GAIN.
22. 22.THE EPISTLE TO TITUS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE EPISTLE TO TITUS.—HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — THE CHURCH IN CRETE AND ITS ORGANIZATION.—THE APOSTLE’S DIRECTIONS FOR APPOINTING ELDERS. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — CHRISTIANITY AND UNCHRISTIAN LITERATURE. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — THE MEANING AND VALUE OF SOBERMINDEDNESS.—THE USE AND ABUSE OF RELIGIOUS EMOTION. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. — THE MORAL CONDITION OF SLAVES.—THEIR ADORNMENT OF THE DOCTRINE OF GOD. — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — HOPE AS A MOTIVE POWER.—THE PRESENT HOPES OF CHRISTIANS. — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE DUTY OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY, WITH ITS LIMITS; THE DUTY OF COURTESY WITHOUT LIMITS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. — THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS IN EFFECTING THE NEW BIRTH.—THE LAVER OF REGENERATION. — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE MEANING OF HERESY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND THE APOSTLE’S DIRECTIONS RESPECTING THE TREATMENT OF HERETICAL PERSONS. — FOOTNOTES:
32. 32.THE SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — THE CHARACTER AND CONTENTS OF THE LAST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL.—THE NEMESIS OF NEGLECTED GIFTS. — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE HEARTLESSNESS OF PHYGELUS AND HERMOGENES.—THE DEVOTION OF ONESIPHORUS.—PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. — FOOTNOTES:
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — THE NEED OF MACHINERY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND TRANSMISSION OF THE FAITH.—THE MACHINERY OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. — THE CHRISTIAN’S LIFE AS MILITARY SERVICE; AS AN ATHLETIC CONTEST; AS HUSBANDRY.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE POWER OF A BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION AND THE INCARNATION.—THE GOSPEL OF ST. PAUL. — FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE NEED OF A SOLEMN CHARGE AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL SPIRIT, OF DILIGENCE FREE FROM SHAME, AND OF A HATRED OF THE PROFANITY WHICH WRAPS UP ERROR IN THE LANGUAGE OF TRUTH.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE LAST DAYS.—THE BEARING OF THE MENTION OF JANNES AND JAMBRES ON THE QUESTION OF INSPIRATION AND THE ERRORS CURRENT IN EPHESUS. — FOOTNOTES:
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE PERILS OF RATIONALISM AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LIFELONG CONTACT WITH TRUTH.—THE PROPERTIES OF INSPIRED WRITINGS. — FOOTNOTES:
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE PARADOXICAL EXULTATION OF THE APOSTLE.—HIS APPARENT FAILURE AND THE APPARENT FAILURE OF THE CHURCH.—THE GREAT TEST OF SINCERITY. — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS. — FOOTNOTES:
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE APOSTLE FORSAKEN BY MEN BUT STRENGTHENED BY THE LORD.—THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES COMPLETED.—THE SURE HOPE, AND THE FINAL HYMN OF PRAISE. — FOOTNOTES:
44. 44.INDEX.

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