Commentary on the Epistles of Peter Classic Reprint

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This attempt to expound the Epistles of Peter and the Epistle of Jude is the attempt of one who has spent life chiefly in the work of a preacher and pastor, not in the work of a professional exegete. Such a mode of life ought, perhaps, to have deterred from the attempt. But, however that may be, the writer may be permitted to say that, while aiming to adapt the work to the wants of the people, he is not without hope that some of his brethren in the ministry, who, though not exegetes by profession, have been more or less accustomed to the study of the Greek, may find at least something to aid, even them, in the better understanding of these remarkable Epistles. In his treatment of the very diflicult, and, as he cannot but think, greatly misunderstood passage concerning the preaching of Christ to the Spirits in prison, he acknowledges his indebtedness to S. C. Bartlett, D. D., President of Dartmouth College, for what manifestly is the true view of the Greek. Owing to what has been denominated the new movement in theology so far as that movement pertains to the subject of a second probation - this part of Peter's First Epistle (3: 18 - 20) is worthy of very careful study. Another topic now command ing much interest is the relation of wives to their husbands, and upon this the writer has ventured to express some general thoughts, besides endeavoring to educe the meaning of the verses bearing upon the subject. It is an interesting fact, that of the two apostles who have given practical precepts concerning the relation of husband and wife, the one was married and the other was unmarried. Sarcastic allusions to Paul's bachelorship are, therefore, less worthy of the source from which they flow. Here Paul the unmarried and Peter the married are one. In the Introduction to the Second Epistle of Peter will be found a brief consideration of the question recently sprung upon the attention of Chris tian scholars by Rev. Edwin A. Abbott, D. D., of England. It is claimed that a com parison of the Second Epistle with the writings of Josephus yields a new and unanswer able argument against the authority of the Epistle. It is a question of much importance, and will undoubtedly receive a yet more thorough examination.

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