Notes, explanatory and practical, on the second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians and the epistle to the Galatians, revised by J. Cumming. revised by S. Green1851 |
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... fact of the existence of the gifts ; but if the gifts were in the church the inference is unavoidable that the church was a divine institution , and that the religion in connexion with which those gifts were bestowed was from God . The ...
... fact of the existence of the gifts ; but if the gifts were in the church the inference is unavoidable that the church was a divine institution , and that the religion in connexion with which those gifts were bestowed was from God . The ...
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... fact that he had received a direct commission from God , and that he did not act on his own authority . Comp . ch . ix . 1-6 . 2 Cor . xi . 22-33 ; xii . 1-12 . Gal . i . 11 , 12. There was a special reason why he commenced this epistle ...
... fact that he had received a direct commission from God , and that he did not act on his own authority . Comp . ch . ix . 1-6 . 2 Cor . xi . 22-33 ; xii . 1-12 . Gal . i . 11 , 12. There was a special reason why he commenced this epistle ...
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... fact holy . The word means that they were separated from the mass of heathens around them , and devoted to God and his cause . Though the word used here ( yao- Mévois ) has this idea of separation from the mass around them , yet it is ...
... fact holy . The word means that they were separated from the mass of heathens around them , and devoted to God and his cause . Though the word used here ( yao- Mévois ) has this idea of separation from the mass around them , yet it is ...
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... fact that they have been purchased by the same blood , and that the same Saviour died to redeem them all . If this fact could be kept before their minds , it would put an end to angry strife everywhere in the church , and produce ...
... fact that they have been purchased by the same blood , and that the same Saviour died to redeem them all . If this fact could be kept before their minds , it would put an end to angry strife everywhere in the church , and produce ...
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... fact of their being in the church at all was the result of his choice . It was owing entirely to his grace . The foolish things . The things esteemed foolish among men . The expression here re- fers to those who were destitute of ...
... fact of their being in the church at all was the result of his choice . It was owing entirely to his grace . The foolish things . The things esteemed foolish among men . The expression here re- fers to those who were destitute of ...
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Page 309 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Page 246 - For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 123 - Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot ? God forbid.
Page 121 - But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
Page 266 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 270 - I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Page 34 - ... Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Page 148 - The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit : but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I speak for your own profit ; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Page 290 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 129 - The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband : and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.