The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles

CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I.
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 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
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
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 ONESI Clyx.com