 | Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 էջ
...part of our Christian wisdom, to keep our subordination to God, and dependence on him. " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." " Without me," says Christ, "ye can do nothing." — It is next supposed, that they who seek... | |
 | Seth Williston - 1817 - 276 էջ
...necessary to his acting at all : for there is no independent action in a dependent creature. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves i but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. iii. 5. 2dly. This was necessary to insure his acting in this... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 590 էջ
...affairs that I have sufficient natural faculties for, unless God should smile upon my attempt. "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing, as of ourselves," I saw was a sacred truth. Friday, Oct. 26. In the morning, my soul was melted with a sense of divine... | |
 | 1818 - 424 էջ
...buMhrough the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Änifn. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward : Not...sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; butoursufficiencyisofGod. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter,... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1818 - 530 էջ
...with the Spirit of the living God ; not in tab!?* of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 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... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 էջ
...(g)" — " It is God that worketh in you, both to-will and to do of his good pleasure (h)" —" Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God (i)" — " We do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit helpeth our infirmities... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1818 - 296 էջ
...feel this his ignorance, and weakness, and guilt, and to exclaim with the humble Apostle, " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God," how earnestly would he ask for, and how gratefully and devoutly would he cherish, that spirit... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 էջ
...through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward : Not...any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament 5 not of the , J letter, but of the... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 էջ
...which are commanded us, say, We are unprofitable servants." (Luke xvii. 10.) And St. Paul says, " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God." (2 Cor. iii. 5.) And if not to think, much less to do any thing good of ourselves. Surely... | |
 | Hector Davies Morgan - 1819 - 442 էջ
...except the " Father draw him 35 ;" and " without me " ye can do nothing y ." " We are not suffi" cient of ourselves to think any thing as " of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of " God z ." " The Spirit also helpeth our " infirmities"," for " the natural man re" ceiveth not... | |
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Godward: 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 spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit... 
