_EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE_ ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D. FIRST AND SECOND PETER AND FIRST JOHN CONTENTS THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER PAGE SOJOURNERS OF THE DISPERSION (1 Peter i. 1) 1 BY, THROUGH, UNTO (1 Peter i. 5) 7 SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING (1 Peter i. 6) 17 THE TRUE GOLD AND ITS TESTING (1 Peter i. 7) 27 JOY IN BELIEVING (1 Peter i. 8) 34 CHRIST AND HIS CROSS THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE (1 Peter i. 10, 11, 12) 41 HOPE PERFECTLY (1 Peter i. 13) 51 THE FAMILY LIKENESS (1 Peter i. 15) 61 FATHER AND JUDGE (1 Peter i. 17) 69 PURIFYING THE SOUL (1 Peter i. 22) 76 LIVING STONES ON THE LIVING FOUNDATION STONE (1 Peter ii. 4, 5) 86 SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES (1 Peter ii. 5) 92 MIRRORS OF GOD (1 Peter ii. 9) 101 CHRIST THE EXEMPLAR (1 Peter ii. 21) 107 HALLOWING CHRIST (1 Peter iii. 14, 15) 116 CHRISTIAN ASCETICISM (1 Peter iv. 1-8) 123 THE SLAVE'S GIRDLE (1 Peter v. 5) 130 SYLVANUS (1 Peter v. 12, R.V.) 138 AN APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY AND EXHORTATION (1 Peter v. 12) 146 THE CHURCH IN BABYLON (1 Peter v. 13) 154 MARCUS, MY SON (1 Peter v. 13) 161 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PETER LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH (2 Peter i. 1) 170 MAN SUMMONED BY GOD'S GLORY AND ENERGY (2 Peter i. 3) 178 PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (2 Peter i. 4) 189 THE POWER OF DILIGENCE (2 Peter i. 5) 198 GOING OUT AND GOING IN (2 Peter i. 11, 15) 206 THE OWNER AND HIS SLAVES (2 Peter ii. 1) 215 BE DILIGENT (2 Peter iii. 14) 224 GROWTH (2 Peter iii. 18) 234 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN THE MESSAGE AND ITS PRACTICAL RESULTS (1 John i. 5-ii. 6) 247 WALKING IN THE LIGHT (1 John i. 7) 253 THE COMMANDMENT, OLD YET NEW (1 John ii. 7, 8) 261 YOUTHFUL STRENGTH (1 John ii. 14) 269 RIVER AND ROCK (1 John ii. 17) 279 THE LOVE THAT CALLS US SONS (1 John iii. 1) 289 THE UNREVEALED FUTURE OF THE SONS OF GOD (1 John iii. 2) 301 THE PURIFYING INFLUENCE OF HOPE (1 John iii. 3) 310 PRACTICAL RIGHTEOUSNESS (1 John iii. 7) 320