Notes to The Expositor's Bible — Reading edition
35 notes · Reading edition
CHAPTER I. THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES. · Note 1CHAPTER II. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. · Note 1CHAPTER III. THE AUTHOR OF THE EPISTLE: JAMES THE BROTHER OF THE LORD. · Note 1CHAPTER IV. THE PERSONS ADDRESSED IN THE EPISTLE; THE JEWS OF THE DISPERSION. · Note 1CHAPTER V. THE RELATION OF THIS EPISTLE TO THE WRITINGS OF ST. PAUL AND OF ST. PETER. THE DATE OF THE EPISTLE. THE DOCTRINE OF JOY IN TEMPTATION. · Note 1CHAPTER VI. THE RELATION OF THIS EPISTLE TO THE BOOKS OF ECCLESIASTICUS AND OF THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON. THE VALUE OF THE APOCRYPHA, AND THE MISCHIEF OF NEGLECTING IT. · Note 1CHAPTER VII. THE EXALTATION OF THE LOWLY, AND THE FADING AWAY OF THE RICH. THE METAPHORS OF ST. JAMES AND THE PARABLES OF CHRIST. · Note 1CHAPTER VIII. THE SOURCE OF TEMPTATIONS AND THE REALITY OF SIN. THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE DETERMINIST. · Note 1CHAPTER IX. THE DELUSION OF HEARING WITHOUT DOING. THE MIRROR OF GOD'S WORD. · Note 1CHAPTER X. THE CHRISTOLOGY OF ST. JAMES. THE PRACTICAL UNBELIEF INVOLVED IN SHOWING A WORLDLY RESPECT OF PERSONS IN PUBLIC WORSHIP. · Note 1CHAPTER XI. THE INIQUITY OF RESPECTING THE RICH AND DESPISING THE POOR. THE SOLIDARITY OF THE DIVINE LAW. · Note 1CHAPTER XII. FAITH AND WORKS: THREE VIEWS OF THE RELATION OF THE TEACHING OF ST. JAMES TO THE TEACHING OF ST. PAUL. THE RELATION OF LUTHER TO BOTH. · Note 1CHAPTER XIII. THE FAITH OF THE DEMONS; THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM; AND THE FAITH OF RAHAB THE HARLOT. · Note 1CHAPTER XIV. THE HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS. THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE TONGUE. THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER. · Note 1CHAPTER XV. THE MORAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE RECKLESS TALKER. · Note 1CHAPTER XVI. THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM BELOW. · Note 1CHAPTER XVII. THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM ABOVE. · Note 1CHAPTER XVIII. ST. JAMES AND PLATO ON LUSTS AS THE CAUSES OF STRIFE; THEIR EFFECT ON PRAYER. · Note 1CHAPTER XIX. THE SEDUCTIONS OF THE WORLD, AND THE JEALOUSY OF THE DIVINE LOVE. · Note 1CHAPTER XX. THE POWER OF SATAN AND ITS LIMITS. HUMILITY THE FOUNDATION OF PENITENCE AND OF HOLINESS. · Note 1CHAPTER XXI. SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN THE LOVE OF CENSURING OTHERS. · Note 1CHAPTER XXII. SELF-ASSURANCE AND INVASION OF DIVINE PREROGATIVES INVOLVED IN PRESUMING UPON OUR FUTURE. THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILISM. · Note 1CHAPTER XXIII. THE FOLLIES AND INIQUITIES OF THE RICH; THEIR MISERABLE END. · Note 1CHAPTER XXIV. PATIENCE IN WAITING. THE ENDURANCE OF JOB. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MENTION OF JOB BY ST. JAMES. · Note 1CHAPTER XXV. THE PROHIBITION OF SWEARING. THE RELATION OF THE LANGUAGE OF ST. JAMES TO RECORDED SAYINGS OF CHRIST. · Note 1CHAPTER XXVII. THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH. THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND EXTREME UNCTION. · Note 1CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONFESSION OF SINS. THE LAWFULNESS OF PRAYERS FOR RAIN. · Note 1CHAPTER XXIX. THE WORK OF CONVERTING SINNERS; ITS CONDITIONS AND REWARDS. · Note 1CHAPTER XXX. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE EPISTLE OF ST. JUDE. · Note 1CHAPTER XXXI. THE PURPOSE OF THE EPISTLE.—THE FAITH ONCE FOR ALL DELIVERED AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE · Note 1CHAPTER XXXII. THE PERSONS DENOUNCED IN THE EPISTLE. ITS RELATION TO 2 PETER. · Note 1CHAPTER XXXIII. DOUBTFUL READINGS AND THE THEORY OF VERBAL INSPIRATION. THREE PALMARY INSTANCES OF DIVINE VENGEANCE UPON GRIEVOUS SIN. · Note 1CHAPTER XXXIV. RAILING AT DIGNITIES. "THE ASSUMPTION OF MOSES." ST. JUDE'S USE OF APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE. · Note 1CHAPTER XXXV. THE DESCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO CAIN: THE LIBERTINES AT THE LOVE-FEASTS. THE BOOK OF ENOCH. · Note 1CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DESCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO KORAH: MAKING SEPARATIONS. EXHORTATION TO THE FAITHFUL TO BUILD UP THEMSELVES, AND THEN RESCUE OTHERS. · Note 1