These notes were written for devotional and pulpit use, rather than as a critical analysis. Except for rare references to Greek words, the author’s method has been to explain the text of the King James Version with parallel scriptures, showing the unity and sufficiency of God’s Word. The material has been designed for reading and self-study, or for use in a Bible study class. The reader and student will learn much from looking up the references and filling in the blanks.
The outlines and comments are practical, having been used by the author both in preaching and teaching through this epistle in local churches.
No claim is made for novelty, perfection, or completeness. If these studies provide the reader with useful material in the service of Christ and stir his thinking toward a deeper study of the Holy Scriptures, the purpose will have been well served.
To these ends this work is dedicated.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bruce Lackey (1930-1988) taught at Tennessee Temple in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for nineteen years and was the dean of the Bible School for a number of years until the early 1980’s. He pastored the Lakewood Baptist Church of Chattanooga for eight years and pastored two other churches before that. During the last few years of his life, he traveled as a Bible conference speaker and authoured several books. He was an accomplished musician, a highly gifted Bible teacher, and a diligent scholar who was proficient in the Greek language. Dr. Lackey, who was deeply respected and beloved by the “preacher boys” at Temple, defended the Received Text and the King James Bible as the preserved Word of God.
