 | Isaac Milner - 1820 - 466 pàgines
...evidently foresaw that he would probably be suspected by them of an unsoundness of intellect, when he says, "Whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for your cause." In imputations of this sort there is nothing new. The messenger of the prophet Elisha, when he went... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 466 pàgines
...matter to justify themselrrs, in their esteem of him, and to reply to the contrary faction. 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1823 - 670 pàgines
...re-establishing his authority, as he apprehended might be misunderstood and censured : he therefore says, " Whether " we be beside ourselves it is to God, or whether " we be sober it is for your cause." — The zealous servants of God have constantly been slighted and despised, as " beside themselves... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1823 - 342 pàgines
...it was to b« transported on occasions almost beyond himself, Whether, says he to the Corinthians, we be beside, ourselves, it is to~ God : or -whether -we be sober, it is for your cause. For the love of Christ constraineth us.* May we be such Christians as he was ! To conclude. What has... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 474 pàgines
...sincerely and earnestly to make converts to Christ. TEXT. I Chap. V. II. Corinthians. 209 TEXT. 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God : or whether we be sober, it is for your canse. 14 For the love of Christ coustraineth ns ; becanse we thns judge, that if one died for all,... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1823 - 438 pàgines
...answer those, who boast in appearance, and not in heart. 13 For, whether we have been transported beyond ourselves, it is to God : or whether we be sober, it is for you.* 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us, judging this, that, [if] one died for all, then the... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 706 pàgines
...of Almighty God. THE CONSTRAINING INFLUENCE OF THE LOVE OF CHRIST. 2 CORINTHIANS, v. 13 — 15. For, whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. For, the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that, if one died for all, then were... | |
 | 1824 - 570 pàgines
...zeal, in the estimation of others, appeared to run too high, he might have said, with the apostle, " Whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God : or whether we be sober, it is for your cause, for the love of Christ cou.strainelh us." It was VOL. XVI. in the cause of his Lord that he received... | |
 | James Janeway - 1824 - 262 pàgines
...appear extravagant : but no man could with greater propriety have adopted the language of the apostle, " Whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for your cause ; for the love of Christ constraineth us." He was frequently told that his exercises were top great... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 520 pàgines
...what it was to be transported on occasions almost beyond himself. Whether, says he to the Corinthians, we be beside ourselves, it is to God : or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. For the love of Christ eonstraineth us a. May we be such Christians as he was ! To conclude. \Vhat... | |
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For the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead : 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 
