 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 408 pagina’s
...discharge any duty, resist any temptation, and encounter any opposition "through Christ strengthening me: I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ ; for when I am weak, then am I strong :" We hear him upon another occasion triumphantly challenging,... | |
 | 1817 - 842 pagina’s
...weakness. Most gladly tbetefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that thé power of Christ ma» rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persécutions, « distresses for Christ's saké; for when I am weak, then am I strong. 11 I am become... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1817 - 630 pagina’s
...f Rom. viii. 17. J 2 Tim. ii. 11, 12. to testify the gospel of the grace of God." Nay, they " took pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...in persecutions, in distresses for. Christ's sake." Hear how St. Paul speaks on this subject,* " Are they ministers of Christ? (alluding to those whom,... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 pagina’s
...of his thorn in the flesh, he says, " I besought " the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. " And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for "...weakness; " Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my in-' " firmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon " me 1 ;"—The power of Christ,—that... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pagina’s
...hinder his usefulness—" For this thing, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me ; and he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee,...weakness ; most gladly therefore will I rather glory in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." Jesus Christ is, doubtless, that Lord... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 pagina’s
...of his thorn in the flesh, he says, " I besought " the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. ~" And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for "...weakness. " Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my in" firmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon " me1;" — The power of Christ, — that... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 632 pagina’s
...Lord, that it might depart from me. But he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in mine infirmities ; that the power of Christ may rest upon me. In this passage St. Paul informs us,... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pagina’s
...me a thorn in the flesh. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me : and he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee;...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." This, accordingly, the author confesses, though with a... | |
 | Moses Stuart - 1819 - 170 pagina’s
...amiss ? 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9. " For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." The Lord, whom Paul here besougfa, is plainly Christ ;... | |
 | 1835 - 792 pagina’s
...Lord thrice, that it (that is, the affliction under which he was suffering,) might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." (2 Cor. xii. 8, 9.) Again, writing to the Thessalonians,... | |
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And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 
