The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles
Alfred Plummer's collected correspondence containing practical wisdom and spiritual counsel.
38 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I: THE CHARACTER AND THE GENUINENESS OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES.
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CHAPTER II: TIMOTHY THE BELOVED DISCIPLE OF ST. PAUL. HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
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CHAPTER III: THE DOCTRINE CONDEMNED IN THE PASTORAL EPISTLES A JEWISH FORM OF
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CHAPTER IV: THE MORAL TEACHING OF THE GNOSTICS.--ITS MODERN COUNTERPART.
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CHAPTER V: THE LORD'S COMPASSION IN ENABLING A BLASPHEMER AND A PERSECUTOR TO BECOME A
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CHAPTER VI: THE PROPHECIES ON TIMOTHY.--THE PROPHETS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, AN
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CHAPTER VII: THE PUNISHMENT OF HYMENÆUS AND ALEXANDER.--DELIVERING TO SATAN AN
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CHAPTER VIII: ELEMENTS OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP; INTERCESSORY PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING.--THE
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CHAPTER IX: BEHAVIOUR IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: MEN'S ATTITUDE OF BODY AND MIND: WOMEN'S
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CHAPTER X: ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; VARIOUS CERTAINTIES AND PROBABILITIES
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CHAPTER XI: THE APOSTLE'S RULE RESPECTING SECOND MARRIAGES; ITS MEANING AND PRESENT
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CHAPTER XII: THE RELATION OF HUMAN CONDUCT TO THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS.
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CHAPTER XIII: THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF BODILY EXERCISE AND OF GODLINESS.
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Chapter iv: the Apostle was about to bring his words to a close, he makes a fresh
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CHAPTER XV: THE PASTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN ORDAINING AND JUDGING PRESBYTERS.--THE
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CHAPTER XVI: THE NATURE OF ROMAN SLAVERY AND THE APOSTLE'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT.--A MODERN
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CHAPTER XVII: THE GAIN OF A LOVE OF GODLINESS, AND THE UNGODLINESS OF A LOVE OF GAIN.
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CHAPTER XVIII: THE EPISTLE TO TITUS.--HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
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CHAPTER XIX: THE CHURCH IN CRETE AND ITS ORGANIZATION.--THE APOSTLE'S DIRECTIONS FOR
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CHAPTER XX: CHRISTIANITY AND UNCHRISTIAN LITERATURE.
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CHAPTER XXI: THE MEANING AND VALUE OF SOBERMINDEDNESS.--THE USE AND ABUSE OF RELIGIOUS
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CHAPTER XXII: THE MORAL CONDITION OF SLAVES.--THEIR ADORNMENT OF THE DOCTRINE OF GOD.
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CHAPTER XXIII: HOPE AS A MOTIVE POWER.--THE PRESENT HOPES OF CHRISTIANS.
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CHAPTER XXIV: THE DUTY OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY, WITH ITS LIMITS; THE DUTY OF COURTESY
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chapter of: many unruly men, ... specially they of the circumcision," and in which
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CHAPTER XXV: THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS IN EFFECTING THE NEW BIRTH.--THE
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CHAPTER XXVI: THE MEANING OF HERESY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND THE APOSTLE'S DIRECTIONS
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CHAPTER XXVII: THE CHARACTER AND CONTENTS OF THE LAST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL.--THE NEMESIS OF
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CHAPTER XXVIII: THE HEARTLESSNESS OF PHYGELUS AND HERMOGENES.--THE DEVOTION OF
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CHAPTER XXIX: THE NEED OF MACHINERY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND TRANSMISSION OF THE
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CHAPTER XXX: THE CHRISTIAN'S LIFE AS MILITARY SERVICE; AS AN ATHLETIC CONTEST; AS
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CHAPTER XXXI: THE POWER OF A BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION AND THE INCARNATION.--THE GOSPEL
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CHAPTER XXXII: THE NEED OF A SOLEMN CHARGE AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL SPIRIT, OF DILIGENCE
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CHAPTER XXXIII: THE LAST DAYS.--THE BEARING OF THE MENTION OF JANNES AND JAMBRES ON THE
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CHAPTER XXXIV: THE PERILS OF RATIONALISM AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LIFELONG CONTACT
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CHAPTER XXXV: THE PARADOXICAL EXULTATION OF THE APOSTLE.--HIS APPARENT FAILURE AND THE
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CHAPTER XXXVI: THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS.
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CHAPTER XXXVII: THE APOSTLE FORSAKEN BY MEN BUT STRENGTHENED BY THE LORD.--THE MISSION TO