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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by

GOULD & LINCOLN,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

ROCKWELL & ROLLINS, STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS,

122 Washington Street, Boston.

PREFACE.

THIS Volume is the fruit of long-continued study of the Epistle in the original, to which study the various helps of biblical literature have been made subservient. My aim has been, in freedom from any improper bias, to exhibit the thoughts and sentiments of the Epistle according to the true intent of its author; the original Greek being throughout the real basis of the Notes.

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As the Epistle is, eminently, a continuous course of thought, it ought to be read as such, so that the connection of parts may be discovered and retained in the reader's mind. Much of its benefit is lost when only fragments, here and there, are read. As contributing to a connected and comprehensive view, the analysis given in the Introduction, section seventh, may be of service. I may also take the liberty of pointing out sections fourth, fifth, and sixth of the Introduction as particularly helpful to a clear apprehension and a just appreciation of the principal parts of the Epistle. For clearness' sake, also, the Epistle is here divided according to its main parts, and the text presented in paragraphs, while, however, for convenience in consulting the Notes, the division into chapters and the numbering of the verses are retained.

As the common version of this Epistle is not so well executed as that of the New Testament books generally, and as the passages inviting emendation are more numerous than could be well introduced into the Notes, I have prepared an independent translation. This translation, aided by the recent more ap (III)