 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.  The Parish Church; Or, Religion in Britain - Page 146by Thomas Wood - 1825 - 411 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 462 pages
...also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight.) 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the Ixxly, we are absent from the Lord : body, and to lie present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour,... | |
 | William Kiffin - Anabaptists - 1823 - 206 pages
...for the self same thing, is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore vie are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : (For we walk by faith, not by sight.) We are confident, / say, and willing... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 652 pages
...Corinthians v. 6, says, ' Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.' In this passage the apostle declares expressly, that to... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...hope. — Rom. xii. 12. The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. — Rom. xv. 13. We are always confident ; knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we arc absent from the Lord ; for we walk by faith, and not by sight. We are confident, I say, and... | |
 | Bible - 1824 - 462 pages
...for the self-same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight :) 8 We are confident, / say, and... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...hope. — Rom. xii. 12. The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. — Rom. xv. 13. We are always confident ; knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord ; for we walk by faith, and not by sight. We are confident, I say, and... | |
 | Theology - 1824 - 314 pages
...second Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter v. verses 8, 9, 10, very justly deserve notice in this place. "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and te be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labors that whether present or absent, we may... | |
 | Christian life - 1868 - 346 pages
...thought so endeared the hope of heaven to the apostle Paul, as that there he should be with Jesus. " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord."| " Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far... | |
 | Theological reasoner - 1824 - 426 pages
...to be from the body and to be with the Lord, St. Paul's second Epistle to the Corinthians, v. 8, " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." This presence with the Lord could not be without the soul's existence... | |
 | William Penn, George Whitehead - Society of Friends - 1824 - 574 pages
...dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," 2 Cor. v. I. " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the lxird," ver. 8. " For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain... | |
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