 Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit...  Sermons Preached in the Tron Church, Glasgow - Pagina 13door Thomas Chalmers - 1819 - 525 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pagina’s
...therefore failed in my endeavours. We that have Jong run the Christian race, feel thiit we have no power in ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God. Yet the apostle who said this, could also say, / can do all things through Christ that streiigtheneth... | |
 | Church of England - 1815 - 450 pagina’s
...Son, our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we thro' Christ to God-ward : not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing...of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spi142 rit : for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death written... | |
 | William Van Mildert - 1815 - 452 pagina’s
...yesterday, to day, and for ever"." * Rev. i. 2. a Heb. xiii. 8. SERMON SERMON VII. 2 CORINTHIANS iii. 6. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit ; for the letter killeth, but the spirit gtveth life. IN suggesting rules to assist the ordinary... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1815 - 422 pagina’s
...constantly dependent upon a divine influence for the continuation and growth of grace. He says, "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God." He says, "Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God, who... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1815 - 660 pagina’s
...part of our Christian wisdom, to keep our subordination to God, and dependence on him. " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God."(c) Without me, says Christ, ye can do not king. (d) It is next supposed, that they who seek... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1815 - 260 pagina’s
...the New Testament. Their language is, Who is sufficient for these things ? 2 Cor. ii. 10. We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, '2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. From a consciousness of personal inability, joined with a conviction of... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pagina’s
...rather than Tie Ep'utle г Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward : not that 5. we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing,...sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us able mi- 6. nisters of the new testament ; not of the letter (z), but of the Spirit (0), for the letter... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 606 pagina’s
...guide. Paul shews its deficiency in the sight of the Lord in every part of our life, when he denies " that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves." (a) He does not speak of the will or the affections, but he also divests us of every good thought,... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1816 - 240 pagina’s
...hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." God " hath made us able ministers of the 'new testament; not of the letter, bj*t of the Spirit: — the Spirit giveth life." " Now the Lord is that Spirit;" and " we all, with... | |
 | Isaac Stockton Keith - 1816 - 470 pagina’s
...ordinances ad' ministered, in their genuine purity and simplicity ; that here an uninterrupted succession of able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit, clothed with the mantle, and actuated by the princi. pies, which distinguished those faithful... | |
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