Produced by Marcia Brooks, Colin Bell, Nigel Blower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) [Transcriber's Note: A few minor typographical errors and inconsistencies have been silently corrected. All advertising material has been placed at the end of the text.] THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE EDITED BY THE REV. W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D. _Editor of "The Expositor," etc._ COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMON BY ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D. London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW MCMII THE EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMON BY ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D. _TENTH EDITION_ London: HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW MCMII _Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._ CONTENTS. _THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS._ PAGE Chap. I. v. 1, 2. The Writer and the Readers 1 v. 3-8. The Prelude 21 v. 9-12. The Prayer 38 v. 12-14. The Father's Gifts through the Son 54 v. 15-18. The Glory of the Son in His Relation to the Father, the Universe, and the Church 70 v. 19-22. The Reconciling Son 85 v. 22, 23. The Ultimate Purpose of Reconciliation and its Human Conditions 100 v. 24-27. Joy in Suffering, and Triumph in the Manifested Mystery 116 v. 28, 29. The Christian Ministry in its Theme, Methods, and Aim 132