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Expositor’s Bible Vol 44 Pastoral Epistles by A. Plummer

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Expositor’s Bible Vol 44 Pastoral Epistles by A. Plummer

THE PASTORAL EPISTLES.

BY THE REV.
ALFRED PLUMMER, M.A., D.D.,
Master of University College, Durham; formerly Fellow and Senior Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford;
Author of “The Church of the Early Fathers,” and Editor of “The Gospel and Epistles of St. John,” etc.

TORONTO:
WILLARD TRACT DEPOSITORY AND BIBLE DEPÔT,
Corner of Yonge and Temperance Streets.
1888.

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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I.
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THE CHARACTER AND THE GENUINENESS OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES	3
1 TIMOTHY.
CHAPTER II.
TIMOTHY THE BELOVED DISCIPLE OF S. PAUL.—HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER	19
CHAPTER III.
THE DOCTRINE CONDEMNED IN THE PASTORAL EPISTLES A JEWISH FORM OF GNOSTICISM.—THE GNOSTIC’S PROBLEM	32
CHAPTER IV.
THE MORAL TEACHING OF THE GNOSTICS.—ITS MODERN COUNTERPART	42
CHAPTER V.
THE LORD’S COMPASSION IN ENABLING A BLASPHEMER AND A PERSECUTOR TO BECOME A SERVANT OF CHRIST JESUS AND A PREACHER [vi]OF THE GOSPEL	52
CHAPTER VI.
THE PROPHECIES ON TIMOTHY.—THE PROPHETS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AN EXCEPTIONAL INSTRUMENT OF EDIFICATION	62
CHAPTER VII.
THE PUNISHMENT OF HYMENÆUS AND ALEXANDER.—DELIVERING TO SATAN AN EXCEPTIONAL INSTRUMENT OF PURIFICATION.—THE PERSONALITY OF SATAN	72
CHAPTER VIII.
ELEMENTS OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: INTERCESSORY PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING.—THE SOLIDARITY OF CHRISTENDOM AND OF THE HUMAN RACE	82
CHAPTER IX.
BEHAVIOUR IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.—MEN’S ATTITUDE OF BODY AND MIND.—WOMEN’S ATTIRE AND ORNAMENT	94
CHAPTER X.
THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.—VARIOUS CERTAINTIES AND PROBABILITIES DISTINGUISHED	104
CHAPTER XI.
THE APOSTLE’S RULE RESPECTING SECOND MARRIAGES.—ITS MEANING AND PRESENT OBLIGATION	118
CHAPTER XII.
THE RELATION OF HUMAN CONDUCT TO THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS	130
CHAPTER XIII.
THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF BODILY EXERCISE AND OF GODLINESS	141
[vii]CHAPTER XIV.
THE PASTOR’S BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS WOMEN.—THE CHURCH WIDOW	151
CHAPTER XV.
THE PASTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES IN ORDAINING AND JUDGING PRESBYTERS.—THE WORKS THAT GO BEFORE AND THAT FOLLOW US	164
CHAPTER XVI.
THE NATURE OF ROMAN SLAVERY AND THE APOSTLE’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT.—A MODERN PARALLEL	175
CHAPTER XVII.
THE GAIN OF A LOVE OF GODLINESS AND THE UNGODLINESS OF A LOVE OF GAIN	188
TITUS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE EPISTLE TO TITUS.—HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER	201
CHAPTER XIX.
THE CHURCH IN CRETE AND ITS ORGANIZATION.—THE APOSTLE’S DIRECTIONS FOR APPOINTING ELDERS	212
CHAPTER XX.
CHRISTIANITY AND UNCHRISTIAN LITERATURE	224
CHAPTER XXI.
THE MEANING AND VALUE OF SOBERMINDEDNESS.—THE USE AND ABUSE OF RELIGIOUS EMOTION	237
[viii]CHAPTER XXII.
THE MORAL CONDITION OF SLAVES.—THEIR ADORNMENT OF THE DOCTRINE OF GOD	248
CHAPTER XXIII.
HOPE AS A MOTIVE POWER.—THE PRESENT HOPES OF CHRISTIANS	259
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE DUTY OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY WITH ITS LIMITS.—THE DUTY OF COURTESY WITHOUT LIMITS	270
CHAPTER XXV.
THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS IN EFFECTING THE NEW BIRTH.—THE LAVER OF REGENERATION	282
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE MEANING OF HERESY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE APOSTLE’S DIRECTIONS RESPECTING HERETICAL PERSONS	294
2 TIMOTHY.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE CHARACTER AND CONTENTS OF THE LAST EPISTLE OF S. PAUL.—THE NEMESIS OF NEGLECTED GIFTS	309
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE HEARTLESSNESS OF PHYGELUS AND HERMOGENES.—THE DEVOTION OF ONESIPHORUS.—PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD	319
[ix]CHAPTER XXIX.
THE NEED OF MACHINERY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND TRANSMISSION OF THE FAITH.—THE MACHINERY OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH	331
CHAPTER XXX.
THE CHRISTIAN’S LIFE AS MILITARY SERVICE; AS AN ATHLETIC CONTEST; AS HUSBANDRY	343
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE POWER OF A BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION AND THE INCARNATION.—THE GOSPEL OF S. PAUL	353
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE NEED OF A SOLEMN CHARGE AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL SPIRIT, OF A DILIGENCE FREE FROM SHAME, AND OF A HATRED OF THE PROFANITY WHICH WRAPS UP ERROR IN THE LANGUAGE OF TRUTH	364
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	375
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE PERILS OF RATIONALISM AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LIFELONG CONTACT WITH TRUTH.—THE PROPERTIES OF INSPIRED WRITINGS	385
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE PARADOXICAL EXULTATION OF THE APOSTLE.—HIS APPARENT FAILURE AND THE APPARENT FAILURE OF THE CHURCH.—THE GREAT TEST OF SINCERITY	397
[x]CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS	406
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	418

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