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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
BY THE REV. PROFESSOR
G. G. FINDLAY, B.A.
Headingley College, Leeds
THIRD EDITION
London
HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
27, PATERNOSTER ROW
MDCCCXCVIII
[iv]Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.
INTRODUCTION. | |
Chapter i. 1, 2. | |
CHAPTER I. | |
THE WRITER AND READERS. | |
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Contrast of Galatians and Ephesians—Pauline qualities ofEphesians: intellectual, historical, theological, spiritual,ethical—The Idea of the Church—The Person of Christ—Ephesiansand Colossians—Style of Ephesians—CircularHypothesis—Epistle from Laodicea—Designationof 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!—Blessingspiritual, heavenly, Christian—In the Beginning theElection of Grace—The World and its Founder—Redemptionembedded in Creation—God’s prescientChoice—Our Holiness His Purpose—Divine Adoption—Whoare the Elect? | 21 |
CHAPTER III. |