 | John Flavel - Conversion - 1689 - 412 pages
...occasion to exercise your patience in bearing the burden of reproaches and sufferings for Christ. " For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not...believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake." Phil. 1 : 29. Sufferings, you see, are the gift of Christ; the comfort of suffering is his gift, and... | |
 | George Bishop - New England - 1703 - 598 pages
...Spirit ; even so it is now. And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution ; for unto you it is given, in the behalf of Christ, not...to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake. Nevertheless, it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you... | |
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...adversaries : which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not...to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake ' (Phil. i. 27-29). ' And He said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples and nations,... | |
 | 310 pages
...and has also predestinated to joint heirship with him in glory. "To you it is given in the be" half of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also " to suffer for his sake. (Phil. i. 29.) CW — Do you mean to tell me that I must give up reading the Old Testament ? CA —... | |
 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...Divine goodness, to suffer for the sake of Christ ? " To you," says the great Apostle, " it is given, on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake." Let us aim, then, at that rooted piety, which takes stronger hold and becomes more deeply fixed in... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...; which is to them an evident token oj perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of GOD. For to you it is given in the behalf of CHRIST, not only...to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake. Rejoice, therefore, inasmuch as ye are partakers of CHRIST'S sufferings, that when his glory shall... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not...to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake : 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. I CHAP. II. EXHORTATION... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - Theology, Doctrinal - 1804 - 462 pages
...: Jesus knows of this, and will be your stay and support. He has already honored you, in giving you not only. to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake. Continue to believe in, and worship him ; and you will more clearly and fully see into this and all... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...through faiih, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Phil. i. 29. Unto you it is given on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake. 2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen you to iMvation through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 574 pages
...; which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not...to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 27 Movov aZias fov evayyefaov tov Xptfou rtofateveff0e, Iva, ette e/lOwv xai i&ov site actov, axovao... | |
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For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 30 Having the same conflict "which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. 
