 | David Harrowar - 1822 - 440 էջ
...directed by St. Paul, to " be gentle unto all men ; apt to teach, patient ; in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves : if God peradventure will % give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." If this discourse should, by the blessing of God, serve to convince the... | |
 | Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 էջ
...God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. 2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves : if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. Phil. ii. 12, 13. Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not... | |
 | George Campbell - 1823 - 590 էջ
...gentle to all men, ' apt to teach, patient,' so he is in particular to ' in•* struct in meekness those that oppose themselves, ' if God peradventure will give them repentance to ' the acknowledging of the truth *.' Meekly and patiently to teach is the duty of the minister ; the effect... | |
 | John Swete - 1823 - 218 էջ
...in iTimir.12 purity. May they be instant in season and out of season, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. O thou Lord of the harvest, we pray Thee, that Thou wilt send forth labourers... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1823 - 452 էջ
...Apostle) must not strive but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves : if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." Thus we find the same Apostle conducting his own ministry, saying to the... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1823 - 586 էջ
...God. Thus St. Paul speaks on this subject to his beloved Timothy : " In meekness " instructing those that oppose themselves, if God " peradventure will give them repentance, to the " acknowledging of the truth, and that they may •' recover themselves out of the snare of the devil,... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1823 - 576 էջ
...unto the saints," were, in every instance, found, at the same time, " in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." Indifference to truths of the first importance, however, it is to be regretted,... | |
 | Hannah Adams - 1823 - 556 էջ
...they are directed to carry it benevolently towards others who may err: "In meekness instructing those that oppose ^themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth."* Finally : There is an important difference between rasing the foundation,... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 146 էջ
...must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient ; In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if GOD peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 էջ
...gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. — Acts viii. 22, 23. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give...them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth ; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him... | |
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... call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that... 
