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 giveth life. Letters to the young - Pagina 100door Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1828 - 241 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Prayer (Book of common) (U.S. protest. episc. ch.) - 1822 - 498 pagina’s
...f,ord. jimen. The F./tistlc. Ч Cor iii. 4. CUC H trust have we through ° Christ to God-ward : Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; butoiirsufficiency isofGod. Who rtlso hath made us able minister» of the New Testament ; not of... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1822 - 504 pagina’s
...jnpijaJity, all human diligence and industry can never,, [produce one gracious habit or act; " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves," 2 Cor. iii. 5. Nay, we speak not becoming the incomparable worth of grace, when we say that it is the... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1822 - 468 pagina’s
...righteousness in men themselves. From these passages and others which bear a language like our text — " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing, as of ourselves — our sufficiency is of God." — " It is God who worketh in you to wilt and to do of his good pleasure."... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1822 - 386 pagina’s
...Corinthians, has expressed himself to the same effect as in the text, in the following words : " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; hut our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us ahle ministers of the New Testament ; not of... | |
| John Hervey Gosden - 1993 - 180 pagina’s
...much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. (John 15. 5); Not that we are sufficient of ourselves (o think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. (2 Cor. 3. 5); Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing: and knowest... | |
| Charles Hodge - 1994 - 324 pagina’s
...inspection. Paul says ho had a confidence before God ; that is, one which could endure in his sight. o 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency (is) of God. The apostle had strongly asserted his sufficiency or fitness for his work. He here tells us... | |
| Joseph Johannes Sicco Weitenberg - 1995 - 194 pagina’s
...of the grace God has granted him through the Spirit. He disclaims all glory for himself: OS) 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 6 Who also ha th made us able ministers of the new testament; He continues to make his position... | |
| Cheryl Jeanne Sanders - 1995 - 192 pagina’s
...in the slave states, and in England, quotes 2 Cor. 3:5 on the title page of her autobiography: "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God." The title of Julia Foote's autobiography is taken from Zech. 3:2: "Is not this a brand plucked... | |
| Marshall Brown - 1999 - 292 pagina’s
..."that we see all things in God," meant that we see only in the light provided by God; for example, "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing...ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God" (2 Cor. 3.5); or "That which may be known of God is manifest in them [the Gentiles]; for God hath shewed it... | |
| 1999 - 462 pagina’s
...of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 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:... | |
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