Expositions of Holy Scripture Volume III Part 25

_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 G.o.d (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

SYLVa.n.u.s (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 G.o.d'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 G.o.d (1 John iii. 2) 301

THE PURIFYING INFLUENCE OF HOPE (1 John iii. 3) 310

PRACTICAL RIGHTEOUSNESS (1 John iii. 7) 320

CHRIST'S MISSION THE REVELATION OF G.o.d'S LOVE (1 John iv. 10) 329