 We believe they are to be read, believed, and fulfilled (he that fulfils them, is Christ) ; and they are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished...  A journal or historical account of the life, travels, sufferings, Christian ... - Page 137by George Fox - 1694Full view - About this book
 | John Hewlett - Sermons, English - 1825 - 516 pages
...to us. We shall then be more fully convinced, that " All scripture, given by inspiration of God, is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,...and for instruction in righteousness ; that the man of God may be perfect, and thoroughly' furnished unto all good works." The book of Genesis is the oldest... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - Religious thought - 1825 - 388 pages
...God reveals ; and it brings the mind into contact with every part of that entire system, which is " profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness." If the mind come into contact with only a part of that truth, — and a part selected according to... | |
 | 1825 - 712 pages
...of the Spirit who indicted the sacied page, should carefully be sought for, and it will then become profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. (1) Of the two errors to which reference has more particularly been made, the first is that which looks... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 488 pages
...their portion to each in due season.' He dispensed the word of God, and that only. He employed it as ' profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,' and ' for instruction in righteousness.' Whatever men may plead for elaborate discourses, on moral goodness and the rewards of virtue, he determined... | |
 | American Tract Society - Tract societies - 1826 - 384 pages
...with their contents ; and they will find them richly imbued with the truths of that Gospel which is "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness." They are adapted to the spiritual wants of the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the learned... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1826 - 590 pages
...New-Testament, as well as the Old, it may be affirmed, " All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness." It will not mislead any who implicitly follow its guidance. The cavils of unbelievers need not distress... | |
 | George Fox - Society of Friends - 1827 - 20 pages
...of God, through the holy men of God, who, as the Scripture itself declares, 2 Pet. i. 21. ' spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.' We believe they...fulfils them is Christ; and they are ' profitable for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect,... | |
 | Tracts - 1831 - 348 pages
...records all education must be defective. But, whilst ' all scripture, given by inspiration of God, is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,' the moral law, the prophecies, and the devotional parts of the Old Testament, with the whole of the... | |
 | William Ford Vance - Christian life - 1827 - 376 pages
...EXCELLENCY OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES. 2 Tim. iii. 16.—All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness .... 203 SERMON XII. AN OLD AGE OF MISERY, CONTRASTED WITH AN OLD AGE OF BLESSEDNESS.—ADDRESSED TO... | |
 | Henry Tuke - Society of Friends - 1828 - 48 pages
...of God, through the holy men of God, who (as the scripture itself declares, 2 Pet. i. 21.) "spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." We believe they...fulfils them is Christ;) and they are " profitable for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect,... | |
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