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Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians by Hodge, Charles (1797-1878)
CHAPTER IV. AN EXHORTATION TO UNITY, VS. 1-16.—AN EXHORTATION TO HOLINESS AND TO SPECIFIC VIRTUES, VS. 17-32. SECTION I.—Vs. 1-16. 1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2.
Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians by Findlay, George Gillanders (1849-1919)
"Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), and all the brethren which are with me, unto the Churches of Galatia." The text used in this exposition is, with very few exceptions, that of the Revised English Version, or its margin.
Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Volume II by Stokes, George Thomas (1843-1898)
"And after the uproar was ceased, Paul having sent for the disciples and exhorted them, took leave of them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.... And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together (at Troas) to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow;…
Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Ephesians by Findlay, George Gillanders (1849-1919)
“Till we all attain unto the unity of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full-grown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: that we may be no more children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine in the sport of men, in craftiness, unto the scheme of error; but dealing truly, in love may grow up in all things into Him,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
I. Name; II. Description; III. Origin; IV. Transmission of the Text; V. Contents, History, and Doctrine. I. NAME Testament come from testamentum, the word by which the Latin ecclesiastical writers translated the Greek diatheke.
History of the Christian Church, Volume V: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1049-1294 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. St. Hildegard and Joachim of Flore. Literature.—Hildegard’s works in Migne, vol. 197, and some not there given in Pitra: Analecta sacra. For a list see Preger: Geschichte der deutschen Mystik, I.
Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William (1813-1888)
I HAVE purposely reserved for the last the most difficult problem of all: viz. those twelve famous verses of St. John’s Gospel (chap. vii. 53 to viii. 11) which contain the history of ‘the woman taken in adultery,’—the pericope de adultera, as it is called.
History of the Christian Church, Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. A.D. 1-100 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
§ 83. John. See Literature on John, § 40, of this vol.; Life and Character of John, §§ 41–43, of this vol.; Theology of John, § 72, pp. 549 sqq. The best comes last.
Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. by Wace, Henry (1836-1924)
Origenes. Sources.—The main authority for the details of Origen's Life is Eusebius (H. E. vi.), who collected upwards of 100 letters of Origen (ib. 36).
Word Pictures in the New Testament by Robertson, Archibald Thomas (1863-1934)
1 Peter 1:1 Peter (Πετρος). Greek form for the Aramaic (Chaldaic) Χηφας, the nickname given Simon by Jesus when he first saw him (Joh 1:42) and reaffirmed in the Greek form on his great confession (Mt 16:18), with an allusion to πετρα, another form for a rock, ledge, or cliff.