 | George Weller - 1821 - 370 pàgines
...St. Paul, in his first Epistle to Timothy, speaks twice distinctly of the " office of a deacon." " They that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase...degree,, and great boldness in the faith which is iu Christ Jesus." (1 Tim. Hi. 13). " Hence it appears — says the learned Grotius — that there are... | |
 | Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 pàgines
...shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. I Tim. iii. 13. For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase...boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 1 Cor. ii. 12, 13. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God :... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1822 - 444 pàgines
...Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their Children arid their own Houses well. For they that have used the Office of a Deacon well, purchase...great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. H Orelac this, out of the sixlh Chapter of the Arts of the Apostles. Acts vi. 2. THEN the Twelve called... | |
 | William Hey - 1822 - 654 pàgines
...office seems to have been probationary with respect to a higher office, for it is said, " They that use the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree."" Ib. 13. But wherein did the office of a deacon consist ? The Scriptures have not informed us. Some... | |
 | Joshua Dixon (of Leeds.) - 1822 - 250 pàgines
...hlameless. 1 Tim. iii, 10. And the deacons were to look forward to a higher office; for They that have nsed the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree. 1 Tim. iii, I3. Hut werenol the leven persons mentioned in Acts vi, deacons? Prohahly not. They are... | |
 | 1823 - 570 pàgines
...funeral sermon was delivered by Dr. Newman, the pastor of the , church, from 1 Tim. iii. 13. " Foi they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase...great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus." We have heard of deacons who, " dressed in a little brief authority," like Diotrephes, and swelling... | |
 | 1923 - 662 pàgines
...conscience. Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the office of a Deacon well, purchase...and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus."(l) Let now the men be presented whom you have appointed to this office. One of the members... | |
 | David Jennings - 1823 - 654 pàgines
...that the apostle alludes to these degrees of the Levites when he tells Timothy, that they who perform the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, xaAoc Ca9|«.3v, 1 Tim. iii, 13. Moses ordered, that at the age of fifty the Levites should " cease... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pàgines
...children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have usec the office of a deacon well, pur chase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly : 15 But if I tarry long, that... | |
 | 918 pàgines
...no less certain in regard to their deacons. Divine inspiration declares of this important office, " They that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase...boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus." 1 Tim. iii. 13. This service in the churches, therefore, must be truly beneficial and highly honourable ;... | |
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For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 
