| John Wesley - 1825 - 742 pagina’s
...ii. 2, 3, 4.) But was there, mean time, no sin in his heart ? Yea, or Christ would not have added, " Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." This was a real sin which God saw in his heart ; of which, accordingly, he is exhorted to repent :... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pagina’s
...iwt fainted. 1 See on Luke zzi. тег. 19. VER. 4. 'AXX* t%aa клтл <rou, ÓV¿ Т^У ¿yivrm • Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first lout. » See on Matt xxiv. тег. 1 2. clause 3. VER. 5. our vo'&lv 1Х7ГЕ7Гт*хдс, xaï r,... | |
| Rev. Tomas Scott (Rector of Ashton Sandford, Bucks.), Thomas Chalmers - 1826 - 592 pagina’s
...these ideas, is found but once in scripture. " Nevertheless," says Christ to the Ephesian church, " I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left...therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do thy first works, else I will come unto thee quickly, and I will remove thy candlestick out of... | |
| John Owen - 1826 - 640 pagina’s
...principle of our obedience, our faith, and love, which are to be preserved from decay. Rev.ii. 4,5. ' I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left...first love; remember, therefore, from whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do thy first works.' Chap. iii. 3. ' Remember how thou hast received,... | |
| John William Fletcher - 1826 - 618 pagina’s
...thou canst not bear those that are evil ; —Nevertheless, I [a mere man !] have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love. Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent:—Or else I [a mere man ! confined in heaven, till the restitution of all things !] will come... | |
| 1852 - 1174 pagina’s
...sacrifices before the Ark, such as are acceptable unto God ? May it not be said by our God, "O, Israel, I have somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first love." 1 feel persuaded tliere is a great lack of lining Christianity amongst os ; how few there are who go... | |
| 1827 - 512 pagina’s
...liars; and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because...therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out... | |
| 1829 - 544 pagina’s
...hast not fainted.' O that none of us had to fear that chastising censure which immediately follows, ' Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.' For if our charity fails in zeal for the due extension of the kingdom of God, we are already in a culpable... | |
| George Croly - 1827 - 344 pagina’s
...will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 4. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 6. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. 7. He that... | |
| 1827 - 616 pagina’s
...the Lord's day, instead of seeking him in his house, and I keenly felt the force of these words, ' I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.' " After this I walked much in the dark, seeking the Lord sorrowing. But though he spake against me,... | |
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