| Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 էջ
...word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. с 4 Ну ftiith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which N became heir of the rii*hte-ousness which is by faith, с 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to... | |
| James Nourse - 1829 - 292 էջ
...of things which tion: fimof the do appear. By faith Abel offered unto God a more ex- 4 '"**' cellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness...of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not 5 see death ; and was not found, because God had... | |
| 1828 - 666 էջ
...disposition. Had it not been declared in the Epistle to the Hebrews so long after, that he " by faith offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts," — we should have concluded it was so. At this early period, in the infancy of the world and of the... | |
| John Stanford - 1829 - 474 էջ
...their -design. We are, therefore, informed in the New Testament, that by faith Abel offered unto God « more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained...witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gift*; and by it, he being dead, yet spcaketh. Hebrews xi. 4. Cain brought the fruit of the ground... | |
| Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 էջ
...God a more acceptable sacrifice " than Cain ; by which he obtained witness that he was righte" ous, God testifying of his gifts : and by it he being dead, yet " speaketh."f What is the plain meaning of the Apostle's declaration? This, assuredly, that the death... | |
| 1829 - 396 էջ
...difference in Abel and Cain. "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain ; Ly which he obtained witness that he was righteous ; God testifying of his gifts."f But Cain, through unbelief and self-righteous pride, disdained to offer such a sacrifice.... | |
| Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock - 2004 - 300 էջ
...biblical precedent for these voices of the dead. By offering a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain's, Abel "obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying...his gifts: and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh" (98). 5. The sinful/saintly subjective paradigm was ubiquitous in Puritan culture, and in fact extended... | |
| John Phillips - 2004 - 200 էջ
...Spirit, in summarizing the totally different attitude and approach of Cain and Abel, says, "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than...by which he obtained witness that he was righteous . . ." (Heb. 1 1 :4). Because "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17),... | |
| John L. Langston, John Langston Iii - 2004 - 218 էջ
...and Abel. Heb 11:4 says, "By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks."(NKJV) The Hebrews' verse above does not suggest that Cain's... | |
| Terence Eggleston - 2004 - 74 էջ
...Hebrews 11:4-5, 7, 20-22 says, "By faith Abel offered God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death,"... | |
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