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An Exposition of the Epistles of St. Paul and of the Catholic Epistles, Volume 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

John MacEvilly’s exposition of the Pauline and Catholic Epistles offers a clear, Catholic, passage-by-passage interpretation of the text. It combines traditional exegesis with moral exhortation and so has been widely used as a daily devotional. The work was originally intended for laymen, but quickly found a place as a textbook in seminary education and has seen numerous editions.

1. “Every spirit,” may regard either doctrine or preachers of doctrine, as coming from God; “but try the spirits,” by comparing them with the general test given (v. 6) by examining whether their teaching be in accordance with the doctrine of the Church, “if they be of God.” In this there is no license given to the faithful to subject to examination, the defined doctrines of faith proposed to them by their pastors; for, here there is question of new doctrines not hitherto propounded, or of teachers
1 John 4:1
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