CALVIN: COMMENTARIES

In these translated selections from the Biblical Commentaries of
Calvin, we have tried to produce a readable version of a representative
part of his work in this field. The Commentaries were translated into
English soon after they were published in the second half of the
sixteenth century. (They were retranslated about the middle of the
nineteenth century, by the Calvin Translation Society, Edinburgh, and
have been reprinted in this second version.) They were also translated
immediately into French and somewhat later into Dutch and German.
Calvin's Commentaries profoundly influenced the churches of the
Reformed tradition; and there can be little doubt that a renewed
interest in them and study of them would not only contribute to a
better understanding of Calvin, but would also have a profound
influence on the mind and life of the church today. Our primary
interest in preparing this volume has been to present Calvin as a
Biblical commentator, with the hope that many will be induced to turn
to the Commentaries themselves in search of the light Calvin throws
upon the meaning of the Scriptures.