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ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.

EPHESIANS EPISTLES OF ST. PETER AND ST. JOHN

EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE

EPHESIANS

CONTENTS

SAINTS AND FAITHFUL

'ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS'

'ACCORDING TO'—I.

'ACCORDING TO'—II.

GOD'S INHERITANCE AND OURS

THE EARNEST AND THE INHERITANCE

THE HOPE OF THE CALLING

GOD'S INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS

THE MEASURE OF IMMEASURABLE POWER

THE RESURRECTION OF DEAD SOULS

'THE RICHES OF GRACE'

SALVATION: GRACE: FAITH

GOD'S WORKMANSHIP AND OUR WORKS

'THE CHIEF CORNER-STONE'

'THE WHOLE FAMILY'

STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT

THE INDWELLING CHRIST

LOVE UNKNOWABLE AND KNOWN

THE PARADOX OF LOVE'S MEASURE

THE CLIMAX OF ALL PRAYER

MEASURELESS POWER AND ENDLESS GLORY

THE CALLING AND THE KINGDOM

THE THREEFOLD UNITY

'THE MEASURE OF GRACE'

THE GOAL OF PROGRESS

CHRIST OUR LESSON AND OUR TEACHER

A DARK PICTURE AND A BRIGHT HOPE

THE NEW MAN

GRIEVING THE SPIRIT

GOD'S IMITATORS

WHAT CHILDREN OF LIGHT SHOULD BE

THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT

PLEASING CHRIST

UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS

PAUL'S REASONS FOR TEMPERANCE

SLEEPERS AT NOONDAY

REDEEMING THE TIME

THE PANOPLY OF GOD

'THE GIRDLE OF TRUTH'

'THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS'

A SOLDIER'S SHOES

THE SHIELD OF FAITH

'THE HELMET OF SALVATION'

'THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT'

PEACE, LOVE, AND FAITH

THE WIDE RANGE OF GOD'S GRACE

EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE

FIRST AND SECOND PETER AND FIRST JOHN

CONTENTS

I. PETER

SOJOURNERS OF THE DISPERSION

BY, THROUGH, UNTO

SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING

THE TRUE GOLD AND ITS TESTING

JOY IN BELIEVING

CHRIST AND HIS CROSS THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE

HOPE PERFECTLY

THE FAMILY LIKENESS

FATHER AND JUDGE

PURIFYING THE SOUL

LIVING STONES ON THE LIVING FOUNDATION STONE

SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES

MIRRORS OF GOD

CHRIST THE EXEMPLAR

HALLOWING CHRIST

CHRISTIAN ASCETICISM

THE SLAVE'S GIRDLE

SYLVANUS

AN APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY AND EXHORTATION

THE CHURCH IN BABYLON

MARCUS, MY SON

II. PETER

LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH

MAN SUMMONED BY GOD'S GLORY AND ENERGY

PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE

THE POWER OF DILIGENCE

GOING OUT AND GOING IN

THE OWNER AND HIS SLAVES

BE DILIGENT

GROWTH

I. JOHN

THE MESSAGE AND ITS PRACTICAL RESULTS

WALKING IN THE LIGHT

THE COMMANDMENT, OLD YET NEW

YOUTHFUL STRENGTH

RIVER AND ROCK

THE LOVE THAT CALLS US SONS

THE UNREVEALED FUTURE OF THE SONS OF GOD

THE PURIFYING INFLUENCE OF HOPE

PRACTICAL RIGHTEOUSNESS

CHRIST'S MISSION THE REVELATION OF GOD'S LOVE

THE SERVANT AS HIS LORD

LOVE AND FEAR

THE RAY AND THE REFLECTION