By Prof. RAWSON LUMBY, D.D. SEVENTH SERIES, 1893-4. 2 Kings. By the Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury. Romans. By Prof. H. C. G. MOULE, M.A., D.D. The Books of Chronicles. By Prof. W. H. BENNETT, M.A. 2 Corinthians. By Prof. JAMES DENNEY, D.D. Numbers. By the Rev. R. A. WATSON, M.A., D.D. The Psalms. By the Rev. A. MACLAREN, D.D. Vol. III. EIGHTH SERIES, 1895-6. Daniel. By the Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury. The Book of Jeremiah. By Prof. W. H. BENNETT, M.A. Deuteronomy. By Prof. ANDREW HARPER, B.D. The Song of Solomon and Lamentations. By Prof. W. F. ADENEY, M.A. Ezekiel. By Prof. JOHN SKINNER, M.A. The Book of the Twelve Prophets. By Prof. G. A. SMITH, D.D. Two Vols. THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS BY MARCUS DODS, D.D. _SIXTH EDITION_ London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW MCM _Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER II. THE CHURCH IN CORINTH 17 CHAPTER III. THE FACTIONS 33 CHAPTER IV. THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING 49 CHAPTER V. DIVINE WISDOM 65 CHAPTER VI. GOD'S HUSBANDRY AND BUILDING 83 CHAPTER VII. THE MINISTRY 99 CHAPTER VIII. EXCOMMUNICATION; OR PURGING OUT THE OLD LEAVEN 115 CHAPTER IX. ON GOING TO LAW 131 CHAPTER X. FORNICATION 147 CHAPTER XI. MARRIAGE 165 CHAPTER XII. LIBERTY AND LOVE 179 CHAPTER XIII. MAINTENANCE OF THE MINISTRY 197 CHAPTER XIV. NOT ALL WHO RUN WIN 213 CHAPTER XV. FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS 229 CHAPTER XVI. THE VEIL 243 CHAPTER XVII. ABUSE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER 261 CHAPTER XVIII. CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS 277 CHAPTER XIX. NO GIFT LIKE LOVE 295 CHAPTER XX. SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND PUBLIC WORSHIP 313 CHAPTER XXI. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST 327 CHAPTER XXII. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST (_continued_) 341 CHAPTER XXIII. CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING RESURRECTION 357 CHAPTER XXIV. THE SPIRITUAL BODY 373 CHAPTER XXV. THE POOR 389 _INTRODUCTION._