Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Romans and I. And II. Corinthians: A Popular Commentary Upon a Critical Basis, Especially Designed for Pastors and Sunday Schools
IT is proposed to complete the work entitled A People's Commentary on the New Testament, by issuing four volumes on the Epistles and Revelation. Like the preceding volumes on the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, they will be popular commentaries on a critical basis, designed for that large class of Sunday-school workers and pastors who are unable, or have not the time, to con sult original sources, and yet wish the best results of latest scholarship. To do this is a difficult task in selecting material from many sources, in deciding what to admit and what to reject, and what explanations are needed. A certain sim plicity and fullness are required; for what is plain to one may be obscure to another. But to keep the work within the limits proposed, a certain brevity is necessary. To meet these requirements the paraphrase is sometimes adopted, brief explanations are thrown in between words and clauses, and often a literal, a free, or a full rendering of a passage is given. Often brief sentences, quite independent of each other, are arranged together.
In this volume four questions have been kept in view: What did the writer intend to express What was the idea that he conveyed to the Christian readers whom he addressed? What did the Spirit intend to say through him? How can the thought thus attained be best expressed now? The grammatical form and logical connection of the original have been carefully studied throughout; and it has been the endeavor to give the course of thought and the true meaning of every passage. This has been done, it is believed, in that devout and prayer ful spirit which brings the mind into sympathy with the object and source of Divine truth. There is deep meaning and much truth in that old saying: To have prayed well is to have studied well. Prayer fits for reverent study, and the sincere desire that accompanies prayer and the Spirit granted in answer to prayer, are adapted to clear the spiritual vision and prepare it to apprehend Spiritual truth. The best helps, both earlier and later, have been sought and used. The author, however, is conscious of having come short of this high standard but he feels assured of having come nearer to it than he would if his aim had been lower.
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