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A number of typographical errors have been corrected, and two minor changes have been made to the book's formatting. There is a full list of emendations at the end. The book's inconsistent hyphenation has been preserved, with an educated guess made as to whether those hyphens appearing at ends of the line were intended by the author, or just added because the word was broken at that point.
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.
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EPHESIANS EPISTLES OF ST. PETER AND ST. JOHN
New York George H. Doran Company
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.
PAGE SAINTS AND FAITHFUL (Eph i. 1) 1
'ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS' (Eph. i. 3) 8
'ACCORDING TO'--I. (Eph. i. 5, 7) 18
'ACCORDING TO'--II. (Eph. i. 7) 26
GOD'S INHERITANCE AND OURS (Eph. i. 11, 14) 35
THE EARNEST AND THE INHERITANCE (Eph. i. 14) 43
THE HOPE OF THE CALLING (Eph. i. 18) 52
GOD'S INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS (Eph. i. 18) 62
THE MEASURE OF IMMEASURABLE POWER (Eph. i. 19, 20) 72
THE RESURRECTION OF DEAD SOULS (Eph. ii. 4, 5) 81
'THE RICHES OF GRACE' (Eph. ii. 7) 91
SALVATION: GRACE: FAITH (Eph. ii. 8, R.V.) 98
GOD'S WORKMANSHIP AND OUR WORKS (Eph. ii. 10) 108
THE CHIEF CORNER-STONE (Eph. ii. 20, R.V.) 118
'THE WHOLE FAMILY' (Eph. iii. 15) 128
STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT (Eph. iii. 10) 132
THE INDWELLING CHRIST (Eph. iii. 17) 142
LOVE UNKNOWABLE AND KNOWN (Eph. iii. 18, 19) 151
THE PARADOX OF LOVE'S MEASURE (Eph. iii. 18) 162
THE CLIMAX OF ALL PRAYER (Eph. iii. 19) 171
MEASURELESS POWER AND ENDLESS GLORY (Eph. iii. 20, 21) 180
THE CALLING AND THE KINGDOM (Eph. iv. 1; Rev. iii. 4) 194
'THE THREEFOLD UNITY' (Eph. iv. 5) 203
'THE MEASURE OF GRACE' (Eph. iv. 7, R.V.) 207
THE GOAL OF PROGRESS (Eph. iv. 13, R.V.) 216
CHRIST OUR LESSON AND OUR TEACHER (Eph. iv. 20, 21) 224
A DARK PICTURE AND A BRIGHT HOPE (Eph. iv. 22) 233
THE NEW MAN (Eph. iv. 24) 247
GRIEVING THE SPIRIT (Eph. iv. 30) 262
GOD'S IMITATORS (Eph. v. 1) 270
WHAT CHILDREN OF LIGHT SHOULD BE (Eph. v. 8) 277
THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT (Eph. v. 9, R.V.) 286
PLEASING CHRIST (Eph. v. 10) 295
UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS (Eph. v. 11) 303
PAUL'S REASONS FOR TEMPERANCE (Eph. v. 11-21) 313
SLEEPERS AT NOONDAY (Eph. v. 14) 318
REDEEMING THE TIME (Eph. v. 15, 16) 327
'THE PANOPLY OF GOD' (Eph. vi. 13) 337
'THE GIRDLE OF TRUTH' (Eph. vi. 14, R.V.) 343
'THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS' (Eph. vi. 14) 350
A SOLDIER'S SHOES (Eph. vi. 15) 353
THE SHIELD OF FAITH (Eph. vi. 16) 361
'THE HELMET OF SALVATION' (Eph. vi. 17) 367
'THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT' (Eph. vi. 17) 373
PEACE, LOVE, AND FAITH (Eph. vi. 23) 381
THE WIDE RANGE OF GOD'S GRACE (Eph. vi. 24) 391