 | John Newton - 1808 - 704 էջ
...to a state of independence on himself, nor released you from that impossibility which all his peapie feel, of doing any thing without him. And is this,...reign and dominion is at an end, they are not slain nor eradicated ; their effects will be felt more or less sensibly, as the Lord is pleased more or less... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1808 - 586 էջ
...the thorn in the " flesh?" for when the Lord answered, that " his " grace was sufficient for him," he even " gloried " in his infirmities, that the power of Christ might " rest upon him.1-" — Did he not pray to Christ when he said, " Now God himself and our Father, " and the Lord... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1809 - 392 էջ
..." the thorn in his flesh ; for when the Lord " answered, " that his grace was sufficient for him," he even " gloried in his infirmities, that the power of " Christ might rest upon him ?"t Did he not pray to Christ when he said, " now God himself and our Father, " and the Lord Jesus... | |
 | John Newton - 1810 - 688 էջ
...impossibility which all his peo•. i pie feel, of doing any thing without him. And is this, indeed, a matterof complaint? Is it not every way better, more for his...reign and dominion is at an end, they are not slain nor eradicated ; their effects will be felt more or less sensibly, as the Lord is pleased more or less... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 էջ
...unworthy a man with so high an office, with such eminent gifts, and with such distinguished usefulness. He gloried in his infirmities, that the power of Christ might rest upon him. We see that the gospel ministry is a respectable office. However contemptible some render themselves... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 452 էջ
...is made perfect in weakness. By this answer, Saul "was perfectly reconciled to his condition. Nay he gloried in his infirmities, that the power of Christ might rest upon him. Here, while we leave Saul in Cilicia, it will be proper te relate,, that certain of the brethren who'fled... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 518 էջ
...expressly answered, as he himself tells us, by Jesus; in consequence of which answer he from that time " gloried in his infirmities that the power of CHRIST might rest upon him" e —The whole church of God, not only at Corinth, but " in all other places" are described and characterized... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 660 էջ
...a man witbr so high an office, with such eminent gifts, and with such distinguished usefulness. He gloried in his infirmities, that the power of Christ might rest upon him. We see that the gospel ministry is a respectable Office. However contemptible some render themselves... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 516 էջ
...expressly answered, as he himself tells us, by Jesus; in consequence of which answer he from that time " gloried in his infirmities that the power of CHRIST might rest upon him"e — The whole church of God, not only at CorinthJ but " in all other places" are described and... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 494 էջ
...promise. When St. Paul had this word given him, ' My grace is sufficient for thee, he ' could glory even in his infirmities, that the power of ' Christ might rest upon him,' 2 Cor. xii. 9. The little feeble man, of contemptible presence, could do all tl/ings through Christ... | |
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Nor did he wish it otherwise ; he even gloried in his infirmities, that the power of Christ might rest upon him. 
