| Jean Calvin - Bible - 1996 - 424 pages
...beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men; being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with... | |
| Robert A. Erickson - Literary Collections - 1997 - 304 pages
...Corinthians, perhaps the most significant "book of the heart" in the New Testament, he tells them, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with... | |
| John Hollander - Education - 1997 - 342 pages
...met epistêmês graphetai en te tou manthanontos psuchê]. This move is recapitulated in St. Paul's "our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men" (KJV II Cor. 3.2)— as opposed, here, to mere actual letters of recommendation. (The almost cartoonlike... | |
| Gratitude - 2000 - 264 pages
...8:8). The Apostle Paul delighted in those converted under his ministry. To those at Corinth he wrote, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men" (II Cor. 3:2). He addressed the Philippians as "my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and... | |
| J. Dwight Pentecost - Religion - 2001 - 292 pages
...hard, and impenitent heart, now has a new heart. Again, in II Corinthians 3:2-3, the apostle says, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with... | |
| David Blewett - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 374 pages
...it, and bringing forth fruit with patience (Luke 8:15), so that St Paul can say to the Corinthians, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with... | |
| Jamie Lorentzen - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 236 pages
...need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not... | |
| John Phillips - Religion - 2002 - 324 pages
...(3:2-3). The Corinthians themselves were all the "letters" he needed. They were written in Paul's soul: "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men" (3:2). Others might need to establish their credibility with distant churches, such as the church at... | |
| Graham Holderness - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 332 pages
...Pickstock and Graham Ward (London: Routledge, 1999), p. 165. The original metaphor is probably St Paul's: 'Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men'. 2 Corinthians, 3.2. The Bible: Authorized King fames Version, edited by Robert Carroll and Stephen... | |
| Fred Cuthbertson - Religion - 2003 - 150 pages
...city that is set on a hill and cannot be hid. Paul makes a similar statement in 2nd Corinthians 3:2, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men". The old saying about "I rather see a sermon than hear one" rings true today as never before. With the... | |
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