[Lesson XIII.]—Reasons for Paul’s instructions to Timothy and to Christian slaves respecting slave-stealing and the duties of the servile condition, [572] to [575].

[Lesson XIV.]—The use of the word δουλος by Jesus Christ, [576], [577].

[Lesson XV.]—Use of the word δουλος by Paul, Peter, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, [578] to [581].

[Lesson XVI.]—Origin of the English word servant and its derivatives, [581]; its use by the sacred writers and Grecian scholars, [582] to [585].

STUDY VIII.

[Lesson I].—Hebrew orthography of the word by which we mean slave, [586] to [588]; the corresponding word in the Arabic, Chaldaic, and Syriac languages, [588] to [590].

[Lesson II].—Tendency of the Shemitic languages to the rhetorical figure prosopopœia, 590 to [594].

[Lesson III].—Examples of the Hebrew word meaning slave, both as a noun and a verb, [595] to [601].

[Lesson IV].—Refutation of the assertion that the root of the Hebrew word meaning slave is also used in a sense signifying worship, [602] to [607].

[Lesson V].—Further quotations from the sacred writers, showing the meaning attached to the Hebrew word signifying slave in the Old Testament, [607] to [609].