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 |
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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 |