Hodge\'s work on 1 and 2 Corinthians forms one of the most significant parts of the plan for a series of \'popular commentaries\' on the New Testament which he projected with J.
Believing that he was dealing with the words of the Holy Spirit he endeavoured to set out both what those words contain and the effects which their truth should have upon the conscience and life..
His aim was to produce commentaries which learned and unlearned alike could consult with profit.
The technicalities of critical opinion, which soon cause a volume to become dated, are not to be found in his pages.
In the first place they are singularly clear.
The qualities which have given Hodge\'s commentaries such a wide and enduring market are readily to be seen.
When the early death of Alexander prevented the completeion of the series, the individual volumes were quickly prized in their own right and went through many editions on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Alexander in the 1850s.
Hodge\'s work on 1 and 2 Corinthians forms one of the most significant parts of the plan for a series of \'popular commentaries\' on the New Testament which he projected with J
