The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the EphesiansFindlay, George G. (George Gillanders)
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The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Ephesians
Findlay, George G. (George Gillanders)
Bible. Ephesians -- Commentaries
THE MEASURE OF THE GIFT OF CHRIST.
Unity in Diversities--Christ the Administrator--The
Ascension of David and of David’s Son--Height and
Breadth--The Giving of Jesus--Christ’s Descent and
Ascent--The Warfare of Christ--The Spoils of His
Victory--The Enlistment of His Prisoners--Apostles and
Prophets, Evangelists and Pastors--Paul, Augustine, Luther,
Knox, Wesley--The Demands of the Future--Individual
Responsibility 227
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH.
The Aim of the Christian Ministry--A perfect
Manhood--Sleight or Sport?--Junctures of Supply--Reunion in
the Knowledge of the Son of God--The Stature of Christ our
Standard--The Dangers of Childishness--Speculative
Error--Gnosticism and Agnosticism--Conditions of
Safety--Church Organization--The Framework of the Body of
Christ--Its Continuity of Tissue 244
_ON CHRISTIAN MORALS._
CHAPTER iv. 17-v. 21.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE WALK OF THE GENTILES.
The old World and the old Man--Impotence of Gentile
Reason--Science and Pessimism--Loss of the Life of
God--Ignorance the Mother of Indevotion--Induration of
Heart--Impudicity of Paganism 261
CHAPTER XX.
THE TWO HUMAN TYPES.
Defective Views of Christ amongst Paul’s Readers--The
historical Jesus the true Christ--Paul and the Tradition of
Jesus--Jesus the human Model--Nero a Type of the Pagan
Order--The Fraud of Sin--The Growth and the Birth of the new
Man--Righteousness and Holiness 275
CHAPTER XXI.
DISCARDED VICES.
The seven Gentile Sins--Truthfulness and the Truth--The
Perils of Anger--The Antidote to Theft--Sinfulness of vain
Speech--Malice and its Brood--Imitation of the Divine
Love--Filthiness and Jesting--The golden Leprosy 290
CHAPTER XXII.
DOCTRINE AND ETHICS.
The Intrinsic and Experimental in Morals--Originality of
Christian Ethics--Ethical Art and Science--Four Principles
of Pauline Ethics--Personality and Morals--Ethical
Character of Christ’s Forgiveness--Auguste Comte and the
Gospel--The moral Import of the Resurrection--And of the
Atonement 305
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT.
Right the Fruit of Light--All Virtue from one
Source--Unbelief and Immorality--Christian Goodness--The Way
of Righteousness--Truth the Hall-mark of Sanctity--Verity
and Veracity--Specialists in Virtue--Reproof of open and of
hidden Sins--Manifestation and Transformation 321
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE NEW WINE OF THE SPIRIT.
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