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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... true cause , the preaching of Christ crucified ; or lest the attempt to recommend it by the charms of eloquence should divert the attention from the simple doctrines of the cross , and the preaching be really vain . The preaching of the ...
... true cause , the preaching of Christ crucified ; or lest the attempt to recommend it by the charms of eloquence should divert the attention from the simple doctrines of the cross , and the preaching be really vain . The preaching of the ...
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... true beauty of his per- sonal character ; to the true dignity of his nature ; to his power over the sick , the lame , the dying , and the dead ; they see not the bearing of the work of atonement on the law and govern- ment of God ; they ...
... true beauty of his per- sonal character ; to the true dignity of his nature ; to his power over the sick , the lame , the dying , and the dead ; they see not the bearing of the work of atonement on the law and govern- ment of God ; they ...
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... true knowledge of God would not be arrived at by man , it pleased him , & c . This appears to be the cor- rect interpretation , because it is the most obvious one , and because it suits the connexion best . It is , according to this , a ...
... true knowledge of God would not be arrived at by man , it pleased him , & c . This appears to be the cor- rect interpretation , because it is the most obvious one , and because it suits the connexion best . It is , according to this , a ...
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... true . But it must mean simply , that Christians have become truly wise by the agency , the teaching , and the work of Christ . Philosophers had attempted to become wise by their own investigations and inquiries . But Christians had ...
... true . But it must mean simply , that Christians have become truly wise by the agency , the teaching , and the work of Christ . Philosophers had attempted to become wise by their own investigations and inquiries . But Christians had ...
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... true wisdom . 3. Be- cause he is to his people now the source of wisdom . He enlightens their mind in the time of perplexity ; guides them in the way of truth , and leads them in the path of real knowledge . It often happens that ...
... true wisdom . 3. Be- cause he is to his people now the source of wisdom . He enlightens their mind in the time of perplexity ; guides them in the way of truth , and leads them in the path of real knowledge . It often happens that ...
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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.