ANALYSIS.

Having treated of those duties which belong more especially to the officers of the church, the apostle exhorts his readers generally to the exercise of various Christian virtues. There is no logical arrangement observed in this part of the chapter, except that the general exhortation to love precedes the precepts which relate to those exercises which are, for the most part, but different manifestations of this primary grace. The love of the Christian must be sincere, and lead to the avoiding of evil and the pursuit of good, v. 9. It must produce brotherly affection and humility, or kindness, v. 10; diligence and devotion, v. 11; resig- nation, patience, and prayer, v. 12 ; charity and hospitality, v. 13 ; for- giveness of injuries, v. 14; sympathy with the joys and sorrows of others, v. 15; concord and lowliness of mind, v. 16; and a constant endeavour to return good for evil, vs. 17 — 21.