The First Epistle to the Corinthians

The most varied of Paul’s epistles demands in its expositor a combination of qualities which is very rarely met with. He who would read it aright from beginning to end must be theologian, casuist, and historian all in one; he must be equally at home in the ancient and the modern Church, in ancient and in modern life. There is probably no man living in whom these characters are more at one than Dr. Dods . . .

—A Thesaurus of the Best Theological, Historical, and Biographical Literature