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John Chrysostom

Homily 20 on Ephesians

John ChrysostomEphesians 5:22-24 Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the Church: being Himself the Saviour of the body. But as the Church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everythi... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 30 on Romans

John ChrysostomRom. XV. 25-27 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it has pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. It has pleased them verily, and their debtors they are. Since he had said that I have no longer more plac... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 5 on the Acts of the Apostles

John ChrysostomActs II. 14 You men of Judea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words. [He men of Judea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem,] whom the writer above described as strangers. Here he directs his discourse to those others, the mockers, and while he seems to ... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily on St. Ignatius

John ChrysostomEulogy. On the holy martyr Saint Ignatius, the god-bearer, arch-bishop of Antioch the great, who was carried off to Rome, and there suffered martyrdom, and thence was conveyed back again to Antioch. 1. Sumptuous and splendid entertainers give frequent and constant entertainments, alike to display th... Read More
John Chrysostom

Philemon i. 1-3

John ChrysostomPaul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow-laborer, And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the Church in your house: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. These things are said... Read More
John Nelson Darby

Not Law but Promise Galatians 3

John Nelson DarbyThe way in which the law is placed in contrast with promise and faith in Galatians 3 is very striking. It is not merely that man is a sinner and that there is a judgment (a truth so solemnly revealed in Scripture), nor is it the operation of the law, experimentally known as spiritually bringing deat... Read More
John Nelson Darby

The Divine Exodus Exodus 15

John Nelson DarbyThe British Herald, 1875, pp. 109-112. In a certain sense the Red Sea had closed the whole history, if you take it in itself as to Egypt (it begins the life in another sense); but it closed the history by redemption and judgment (for the Egyptians were judged), for death which was salvation to Israe... Read More
John Nelson Darby

The Epistle to the Ephesians

John Nelson Darby<35009E> 131 Ephesians 1 Here we have the thought of God about us - all that there is of blessing in Him for us. Angels, principalities, and powers, will learn through us the manifold wisdom of God. Then He unfolds it all. First our calling, then God's purpose as to Christ - His place then our inher... Read More
John Nelson Darby

Wilderness Grace

John Nelson DarbyWILDERNESS GRACE Exodus 17 Those who are familiar with the study of this part of scripture will remember that the history of Israel from the Red Sea to Sinai (that is, from the time of their deliverance out of Egypt until they placed themselves under law) contains an exceedingly remarkable testimony... Read More
Marvin Cowan

PRIESTHOOD

"We believe that a man must be called of God by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands, by those who are in authority to preach the gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof." 5th Article of Faith by Joseph Smith DEFINITION AND FUNCTION President Joseph F. Smith (6th LDS Prophet) said: What i... Read More

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