 | John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pàgines
...power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord :" The Apostle Paul speaks to the same purpose, when he says, " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God :" And our gracious Lord hath taught us the same truth, in these wellknown words, " Without... | |
 | William Romaine - 1809 - 212 pàgines
...from his holy inspiration. So the scripture teaches : 2 Cor. iii. 5. " Not that we (even apostles) are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." So we are taught to pray : O Lord, from whom all good things do come, grant to us thy humble... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 608 pàgines
...religious life. Though we are moral and intelligent beings, yet such is the depravity of our nature, that " we are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." Paul confesses, " By the grace of God I am what I am — I labored abundantly, yet not I,... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1810 - 390 pàgines
...if we imagine we are equal to it. St. Paul, with all his apostolic furniture, humbly acknowledges, " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of God : who alone hath mads us able ministers of the New Testament."t " Who is Paul," says he, " or... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 pàgines
...religious life. Though we are moral and intelligent beings, yet such is the depravity of our nature, that " we are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." Paul confes. ses, " By the grace of God I am what I am — I labored abundantly, yet not I,... | |
 | John Owen - 1810 - 370 pàgines
...for in them we are taught, ' that in us (that is, in our flesh) there dwelleth no good thing ;' that we are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; ' but our sufficiency l> of God,' ' who is able to make all grace to abound towards us.' To grant that there is any spiritual... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 pàgines
...his own name and in the name of all his brethren, disavows all self-sufficiency. " Not " that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any " thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of • " God." (2 Cor. iii. 5. Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 10.) And in another place he tells us that it is "... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pàgines
...iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ, which etreng-theneth me. 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of Go(1. 0 Phil ;:. 12. Wherefore, my heloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,... | |
 | John Bevans - 1810 - 134 pàgines
...let us wait on our minister. ing ; or he that teacheth, on teaching. 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is of God. 6. Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter, but of the... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pàgines
...Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. 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... | |
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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. 
