 | 1827 - 524 pages
...truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost ; in whom the god of...Lord ; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the licht... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...6. " Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy," 2 Cor. i. 24 ; " for we preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord ; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake," chap. iv. 5. I might refer you to the appeals they have made themselves upon some occasions in behalf... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...placed in a commanding situation, and exposed to the eyes and observation of the world.— Pp. 10, 11. We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake, is a text eminently descriptive of ministerial zeal, humility, and faithfulness, which you should bind... | |
 | Joshua Gilpin - 1827 - 560 pages
...preferred before every shining gift, and valued above every popular attainment. For we are called to preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. Such was the manner of St. Paul, whom we hear thus reminding the Corinthians of his apostolic labours... | |
 | 1827 - 396 pages
...worship, but what your consciences will allow to be an excuse, which Voucan plead in the day of judgment. We preach not ourselves, but Christ •Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for his sake ; we seek not yours, but you. Oh ! then, be prevailed with, to attend with constant zeal,... | |
 | 1828 - 220 pages
...commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our Gospel * P2 be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this...Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light... | |
 | 1828 - 828 pages
...lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves,' but Christ Jesus the...Lord ; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to gire the... | |
 | William Lothian - Bible - 1828 - 580 pages
...benefits derived from him, this glorious Redeemer was the great subject of the apostolic ministry: 5. " For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake ()i« !*«vr)." The first preachers of the Gospel did not court the applause of men, by affecting the... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...Cor. iii. 5, 6. Eph. iii. 7. Commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God, &c. we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake, &c. We having the same spirit of faith, &c. believe, and therefore speak. — 2 Cor. iv.2. 5. 13. 336... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1829 - 586 pages
...blinded the minds of them that BELIEVE not, lest the light of the GLORIOUS GOSPEL of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach...Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' $alce. For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give... | |
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For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 
