 | 1832 - 852 pages
...Death, instead of being the king of terrors, is viewed with calm and joyful expectation. He is in a strait betwixt two ; having a desire to depart, and be with Christ ; and yet he is willing to continue and abide in the flesh, for the purposes of usefulness to the church, if... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - 1810 - 544 pages
...desirable to myself, I am not able to determine." Then follow the words of the text : " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ, which is far better ; nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." What we translate... | |
 | John Ovington - 1813 - 168 pages
...soon, and easily put into such a state of equilibrium, as the Apostle felt, when he said, ' I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.' When such feelings are enjoyed by both husband and wife, they do sorrow indeed... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...four months of her death, when a state of trial began ; not unlike to that expressed by the apostle, a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better on the one band ; and on the other, the tender feelings of her heart towards her... | |
 | 1819 - 996 pages
...his ptin, in recounting the trials and trusted in God, conscious that he would do all things well. He was in a strait betwixt two; having a desire to depart and be with Christ, and yet a wish to live a little longer for the sake of his children. But it was denied; and, collecting them... | |
 | Josiah Hopkins - 1825 - 322 pages
...the spiritual world. Again, the Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Phillippians, tells them that he was in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which he considered far better for him; but for him to abide in the flesh, was needful for them, b... | |
 | Thomas Rennell - 1825 - 476 pages
...and certain hope of his everlasting reward, what is the language of the great apostle, " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ, which is far better; nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." ,. The tears of Hezekiah... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 618 pages
...the purposes of his honour!"] and to die is gain, and what I shall choose I wot not, for 1 am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, [the mere man I speak nf] which is far better, nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 pages
...willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. PHIL. i. 23: I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better. 1 THES. iv. 17: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together... | |
 | Eli Meeker - 1827 - 410 pages
...fully, in his address to the Philippians. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. When the Apostle says, "For me to live is Christ;" he implicitly declares that... | |
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 
