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 ONESIPHORUS.—PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD |
319 |
| 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 |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. |
| 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 |
INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I.
THE CHARACTER AND THE GENUINENESS OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES.
“Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus.”—1 Tim. i; 2 Tim. i. 1.
“Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ.”—Titus i. 1.
The first question which confronts us on entering upon the study of the Pastoral Epistles is that of their authenticity, which of late has been confidently denied. In reading them are we reading the farewell words of the great Apostle to the ministers of Christ? Or are we reading only the well-meant but far less weighty counsels of one who in a later age assumed the name and imitated the style of St. Paul? It seems necessary to devote the first of these expositions to a discussion of this question.
The title “Pastoral Epistles” could hardly be improved,
