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The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Ephesians

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THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE.

EDITED BY THE REV.
W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.
Editor of “The Expositor,” etc.

THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS

BY THE REV. PROFESSOR
G. G. FINDLAY, B.A.
Headingley College, Leeds

London
HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
27, PATERNOSTER ROW


MDCCCXCVIII


THE
EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS

BY THE REV. PROFESSOR
G. G. FINDLAY, B.A.
Headingley College, Leeds

THIRD EDITION

London
HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
27, PATERNOSTER ROW


MDCCCXCVIII


Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.


CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.
Chapter i. 1, 2.
CHAPTER I.
THE WRITER AND READERS.
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Contrast of Galatians and Ephesians—Pauline qualities of Ephesians: intellectual, historical, theological, spiritual, ethical—The Idea of the Church—The Person of Christ—Ephesians and Colossians—Style of Ephesians—Circular Hypothesis—Epistle from Laodicea—Designation of the Readers—Faithful Brethren 3
PRAISE AND PRAYER.
Chapter i. 3–19.
CHAPTER II.
THE ETERNAL PURPOSE.
The Apostle’s Hymn of Praise—Blessed be God!—Blessing spiritual, heavenly, Christian—In the Beginning the Election of Grace—The World and its Founder—Redemption embedded in Creation—God’s prescient Choice—Our Holiness His Purpose—Divine Adoption—Who are the Elect? 21
CHAPTER III.
THE BESTOWMENT OF GRACE.
Structure of the Paragraph—Grace an Experience—Christ the Beloved—Forgiveness and its Price—The Value of Forgiveness—Wisdom a Gift of Grace—The Gospel as an intellectual Force—God’s Will the Goal of human Thought—Sonship and Heritage—The Fulness of the Times—The Christian Inventory of the Universe—Reconciliation and Reconstitution—Gathering in and Gathering out 34
CHAPTER IV.
THE FINAL REDEMPTION.
Mutual Inheritance—Jewish and Gentile Heirs—Uses of the Seal—The Stamp of Sanctity—Promise fulfilled and to be fulfilled—Hearing and Believing—Salvation by the Truth—Salvation for the Gentiles—Faith and the Holy Spirit—The two Redemptions—The encumbered Property—The Earnest of our consummate Life 50
CHAPTER V.
FOR THE EYES OF THE HEART.
Thanksgiving for the Readers—The God of Christ, the Father of Glory—Christian Enlightenment—Seeing with the Heart—What is our Hope?—God’s Wealth in Men—The true Standard of Value—The Power of Christ’s Resurrection 65
THE DOCTRINE.
Chapter i. 20—iii. 13.
CHAPTER VI.
WHAT GOD WROUGHT IN THE CHRIST.
Prayer and Teaching—Historical Effect of Christ’s Resurrection—The Stages of His Exaltation—Christianity without Miracles—The efficient Cause of Christianity—The perfect Resurrection—The First-begotten out of the Dead—The Risen One, the Holy One—Resurrection and Ascension—Ascension to Rule—Christ and the Angels—Christ glorified God’s Gift to the Church—Christ the Fulness of God 81
CHAPTER VII.
FROM DEATH TO LIFE.
Raised with Christ—Sin is Death—Jesus Christ in a dead World—Alive in Body, dead in Spirit—Religious Difficulties—Antipathy to God—The Power of the Air—God’s Anger against Sinners—The Soul’s Awaking—Consciousness of God—Fellowship in Salvation 95
CHAPTER VIII.
SAVED FOR AN END.
Beginning and End of God’s Plan—Mercy, Love, Kindness, Grace and Gift—Not of Works—Boasting excluded—Evangelical Assurance—In the heavenly Places—Grace a Task-master—Creation and Redemption—The apostolic Church and the coming Times 109
CHAPTER IX.
THE FAR AND NEAR.
Wherefore remember!—Sudden and gradual Conversion—The Gentile World: Godless, hopeless, Christless—Away with the Atheists!—The double Pessimism—The Uncircumcision—Nigh in the Blood of Christ—Reunion in Guilt and in Pardon 120
CHAPTER X.
THE DOUBLE

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