LITERAL TRANSLATION

FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK,

OF ALL THE

APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES.

WITH

A COMMENTARY, AND NOTES,

PHILOLOĠICAL, CRITICAL, EXPLANATORY, AND PRACTICAL.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

BY JAMES MACKNIGHT, D.D.
AUTHOR OF A HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS, &c.

CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.

PREFACE...

1 JOHN, p. 1.

REFACE.......Sect I. The history of John.....II. The authenticity of this
epistle established......III Of the state of the church when it was written,
and of John's design in writing it......IV. Of the time and place of writing
it......V. Of the persons for whom it was designed.

2 JOHN, p. 126.

PREFACE......Sect. I. Of the authenticity of this epistle.....II. Of the person
to whom it was written......III. Of John's design in writing it. Of the Ebio
nites and Gnostics. Conclusion, in which the love, which John so strong-
ly inculcates, is described.

3 JOHN, p. 145.

PREFACE.....Sect. I. Of the authenticity of this epistle.....II. Of the person

to whom it was written......III. Of the purpose for which it was written, and

of the persons mentioned in it......IV. Of the date of the 2d and 3d epis-

tles of John.

JUDE, p. 167.

PREFACE...Sect. I. The history of Jude.....II. This epistle was written by
Jude the apostle.....III. Of the persons to whom it was written, and of its
date......IV. Of the occasion of writing it.

Supplement to Essay IV. p. 213.

ESSAY VIII.... On the right interpretation of the language of scripture.....

Sect. I. Of the method in which language was at first formed......II. Of

picture-writing, and of its influence in the formation of the primitive lan-

guages......III. Of the allegorical manner of writing. Of the proper alle-

gory as set forth in a verbal description. Of the proper allegory as set

forth in a dream, or in a vision......IV. Of conveying instruction by signi-

ficant actions......V. Of instruction by actions and events happening in the

ordinary course of things, p. 224.

A History of the Life of the Apostle Paul, by whom the Gentiles were con-

verted: To which are added, Proofs and Illustrations, p. 273.