Sermons on 1 Timothy

Weight 1.14 kg
Dimensions 22.3 × 14.3 × 5.1 cm
ISBN 9781848717992
Binding

Cloth-bound, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Cloth-bound & eBook (ePub & Kindle)

Format

Book

Page Count

864

Topic

Scripture

Scripture

1 Timothy

Original Pub Date

1561

Banner Pub Date

2018

Book Description

Calvin’s expository sermons to the great congregation of St Peter’s, Geneva, taken down in shorthand and then published across Europe, were among the most sought-after volumes of the sixteenth century. In the late 1570s, translated from the French, these bulky volumes flowed through London’s bookshops and none was more popular than the ‘One hundred Sermons on the Epistles of St Paul to Timothy and Titus’ which appeared for the first time in 1579. The public demand was understandable. First, Calvin ‘opened the Scriptures’, not in these volumes for students only, but for the whole church. Second, the sermons were preaching in the full New Testament sense of the term, that is, proclamation and persuasion, with power and conviction.

These sermons are new translated from the French of 1561 by Robert White.

Robert White formerly taught in the department of French Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, and has a specialist interest in the Reformation in French-speaking areas of Europe. He is the translator of Calvin’s Sermons on the Beatitudes, Songs of the Nativity, Faith Unfeigned, A Guide to Christian Living, and The Institutes of the Christian Religion (1541 edition), which are also published by the Trust.

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Introduction xiii
Calvin’s Outline of Paul’s First Letter to Timothy xxi
Sermon One:  Debtors to Grace (1 Tim. 1:1-2) 1
Sermon Two: Substance and Shadow (1 Tim. 1:3-4) 15
Sermon Three:  The Essence of the Law (1 Tim. 1:5) 31
Sermon Four:  The Function of the Law (1 Tim. 1:5-9) 47
Sermon Five:  The Application of the Law (1 Tim. 1:8-11) 61
Sermon Six:  Counted Faithful (1 Tim. 1:12-13) 79
Sermon Seven:  A Saviour for Sinners (1 Tim. 1:13-15) 95
Sermon Eight: Glory to the King of Ages (1 Tim. 1:17-18) 111
Sermon Nine: A Call to Arms (1 Tim. 1:18-19) 125
Sermon Ten:  Friends No More (1 Tim. 1:19-20) 141
Sermon Eleven: The Priority of Prayer (1 Tim. 2:1-2) 157
Sermon Twelve: God’s Design for Government (1 Tim. 2:1-3) 171
Sermon Thirteen: The Gospel Call (1 Tim. 2:3-4) 187
Sermon Fourteen: Jesus Christ, Mediator and Man (1 Tim. 2:5-6) 203
Sermon Fifteen: A Ransom for All (1 Tim. 2:5-7) 217
Sermon Sixteen: The Gift of Prayer (1 Tim. 2:8) 233
Sermon Seventeen: Dress and Demeanour (1 Tim. 2:9-12) 249
Sermon Eighteen: Order and Authority (1 Tim. 2:12-14) 265
Sermon Nineteen: Daughters of Eve (1 Tim. 2:12-15) 281
Sermon Twenty: The Christian Minister (1): Pastors (1 Tim. 3:1-2) 295
Sermon Twenty-One: The Christian Minister (2): Pastors (1 Tim. 3:2) 311
Sermon Twenty-Two: The Christian Minister (3): Pastors (1 Tim. 3:2) 327
Sermon Twenty-Three: The Christian Minister (4 ): Pastors (1 Tim. 3:3-5) 345
Sermon Twenty-Four: The Christian Minister (5): Pastors and Deacons (1 Tim. 3:6-8) 359
Sermon Twenty-Five: The Christian Minister (6 ): Deacons (1 Tim. 3:8-13) 373
Sermon Twenty-Six: Church of the Living God (1 Tim. 3:13-15) 387
Sermon Twenty-Seven: Faith’s Open Secret (1 Tim. 3:16) 403
Sermon Twenty-Eight: Apostasy Foretold (1 Tim. 4:1-2) 419
Sermon Twenty-Nine: Our Reasonable Service (1 Tim. 4:1-3) 435
Sermon Thirty: How to Enjoy God’s Bounty (1 Tim. 4:4-5) 451
Sermon Thirty-One: Doctrine Good and Bad (1 Tim. 4:6-7) 467
Sermon Thirty-Two: Fear Which Is Unafraid (1 Tim. 4:8) 481
Sermon Thirty-Three: Hope Does Not Disappoint (1 Tim. 4:9-11) 495
Sermon Thirty-Four: The Minister as Model (1 Tim. 4:12-13) 509
Sermon Thirty-Five: God’s Gifts Are for Giving (1 Tim. 4:14-15) 523
Sermon Thirty-Six: The Rewards of Perseverance (1 Tim. 4:16) 537
Sermon Thirty-Seven: Measured Rebuke (1 Tim. 5:1-3) 551
Sermon Thirty-Eight: Released for Prayer (1 Tim. 5:4-6) 567
Sermon Thirty-Nine: The Duty of Care (1 Tim. 5:7-10) 583
Sermon Forty: Tried and Tested (1 Tim. 5:9-11) 597
Sermon Forty-One: Honouring God in Marriage (1 Tim. 5:11-15) 613
Sermon Forty-Two: The Duties Laid on Us (1 Tim. 5:16-18) 627
Sermon Forty-Three: Elders and Their Critics (1 Tim. 5:17-20) 641
Sermon Forty-Four: A Solemn Charge (1 Tim. 5:21-22) 653
Sermon Forty-Five: Our Deeds Laid Bare (1 Tim. 5:23-25) 667
Sermon Forty-Six: Willing Service (1 Tim. 6:1-2) 683
Sermon Forty-Seven: Beware of False Guides (1 Tim. 6:3-5) 697
Sermon Forty-Eight: The Secret of Contentment (1 Tim. 6:5-8) 711
Sermon Forty-Nine: An Antidote to Greed (1 Tim. 6:9-11) 725
Sermon Fifty: The Fight of Faith (1 Tim. 6:12-14) 741
Sermon Fifty-One: Until Christ Comes (1 Tim. 6:13-15) 755
Sermon Fifty-Two: No Darkness in God (1 Tim. 6:15-16) 769
Sermon Fifty-Three: A Word to the Wealthy (1 Tim. 6:17-19) 785
Sermon Fifty-Four: Keeping Faith with God (1 Tim. 6:20-21) 799
Prayers Before and After the Sermon 815
Index of Scripture References 819
Index of Subjects 829

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  1. Benjamin Hegan

    Fantastic. Warm, rich, and tender expositions of the Word of God. Having read a good amount of the Institutes I expected the sermons to be heavy going too. I was wrong. I read the first one and was struck by how accessible it is – very strong exposition matched with very tender application. Really great. The sermons are so in depth yet concise. They’re so warm. What a rich pastoral heart Calvin had – give by the Lord. Such a God glorifying set of sermons. Wonderful stuff – highly recommended!

  2. Robert Norman

    Absolutely fantastic! Calvin shows himself to be one of the finest expositors through all of history with these fantastic sermons on 1 Timothy. Hardly straying from his text and hardly messing around with irrelevant details, Calvin succeeded in preaching fifty-four messages which were all biblically focused on his passage. This is an amazing book of sermons.

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