 Lord : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.  The Christian Observer - Стр. 3221828Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Roberts - 1843 - Страниц: 734
...;) we are confident, I say, and willinf be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord ; wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." Yet, who can contemplate the anxiety of this great St concerning the awful futurity that awaits the... | |
 | Reginald Courtenay - 1843 - Страниц: 482
...Lord." But let St. Paul himself explain his own meaning. He thus continues the passage last quoted. " Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1844 - Страниц: 862
...assurance which they have of a better state, and of their interest in it; We are conßdcnt, I say, fyc. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. The word signifies, to labour ambitiously, as an ambitious courtier labours for his prince's favour.... | |
 | 1845 - Страниц: 632
...are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." The foregoing considerations may suggest serious admonition to those who are not living in the Lord.... | |
 | George Bull - 1844 - Страниц: 660
...are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ'," &c. The same St. Paul speaks of visions... | |
 | 1844 - Страниц: 428
...are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." On which I remarked: — Paul, it appears bad such a clear and distinct view of man, and of the Christian,... | |
 | Страниц: 322
...Lord." For the Lord's presence was withdrawn from this body of worship. Wherefore saith the apostle, " We labour, that whether present, or absent, we may be accepted of him." And what were the apostles labouring about ? It was preaching the gospel of Christ, and pulling down... | |
 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - Страниц: 638
...and generous ambition, than to be accepted of God. This was the height of the apostle's ambition: " We labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him ;" (2 Cor. v. 9 ;) which was the glorious frame of our blessed Saviour's heart, that " he always did... | |
 | Franklin Jones Firth - 1912 - Страниц: 592
...confident, / say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things... | |
 | 1827 - Страниц: 506
...meditations, death, our entrance upon an eternal state, and our appearance before God. So did St. Paul : " We labour, that whether present or absent we may be accepted of Him : for we must all appear before the judgment scat of Christ, that every one may receive the things... | |
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