Bible Commentaries

Haggai overview — HAGGAI.Haggai. BYTHE REV. A. C. JENNINGS, MA INTRODUCTIONTOHAGGAI. I. The Author.—Haggai is in point of time the first of the prophets of the Post-Captivity period. Of his tribe and parentage nothing is recorded in Scripture. It is not even known whether

2 Corinthians overview — THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS.The Second Epistle to the Corinthians BYTHE VERY REV. E. H. PLUMPTRE, D.D. INTRODUCTIONTOTHE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. IT is not without some reluctance that I have

1 Thessalonians overview — THE EPISTLES OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. The Epistle to the Thessalonians.BYTHE REV. A. J. MASON, M.A., D.D., Canon of Canterbury. INTRODUCTIONTOTHE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. IN the earlier part of the year

1 Peter 2:24 — (24) Who his own self.—This verse, like the “for you” in 1 Peter 2:21, is intended to make the readers feel the claims of gratitude, not to set before them another point in which Christ was to be imitated. But at the same time it serves to enforce still

1 Peter 3:21 — (21) The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us.—There are two undoubted false readings in this sentence which must be cleared away before we can consider the meaning. First, the word “whereunto” is a mistake for the more difficult

1 John 1:5-10 — [2. First Half. God is Light (1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28). (1) STATEMENT OF THE LEADING THOUGHT (1 John 1:5). (2) FIRST INFERENCE: The true fellowship (1 John 1:6-7); the Christian must not sin. (3) SECOND INFERENCE: Confession of sins (1 John 1:8-10);

1 John 4:7-21 — (7) THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST (1 John 4:7-21). (a) Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God, because God is love (1 John 4:7-8). (b) The grand recent historical exhibition of God’s love (1 John 4:9-10). (c) Our consequent

Jude 1:3-4 — (3, 4) The purpose and occasion of the Letter.(3) Beloved.—“Very unusual at the beginning of an Epistle; Jude 1:2, is the only other example It indicates, possibly, the writer’s wish to be brief and get to his subject at once; and, as his subject is