 | Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 494 pages
...received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God ? Or do I seek to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." If Paul could not please both God and man, by preaching divine truths plainly, then, no other ministers... | |
 | 1923 - 662 pages
...watchman. No preacher knew how to use acceptable words better than the Apostle Paul — and yet he says, " if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." Had he consulted their passions and prejudices, had he sought to make his words acceptable to his hearers,... | |
 | James Murdock - 1823 - 316 pages
...which they preach. So impressed was the apostle with this truth, that he said to the Galatians : " If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." Notwithstanding all the prudence which he exercised, the spirit of accommodation which he uniformly... | |
 | Humphrey Moore - 1824 - 366 pages
...apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ" He inquires, "Do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me, is not after man; for I neither... | |
 | David Bowker Wells - 1824 - 226 pages
...Jesus Christ. Ver. 10. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to " Page 64. please men ? for if I yet pleased • men, I should not be the servant of Christ. Ver. 11. But I certify you, brethren, that the Gospel which was preached of me is not after man. Ver.... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...Lord hath given me to your edification, &c. — 2 Cor. xiii. 8 — 10. Do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ, &c. — Gal. i. 10, &c. Paul blamed Peter for dissembling, openly. — Gal. ii. 11 — 14. Paul had... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...Lord hath given me to your edification, &c.— 2 Cor. xiii. 8 — 10. Do I seek to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ, &c.— Gal. i. 10, &c. Paul blamed Peter for dissembling, openly. — Gal. ii. 11 — 14. Patd had... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God ? or do I seek to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man: 12 For I... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 528 pages
...that, like Noah in the ark, we may 'ie found in him. I please all men in all things. — 1 Cor. x. 33. If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. Gal. i. 10. THOUGH both these kinds of action are expressed by one term, to please, yet they are exceedingly diverse... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 536 pages
...concern, that, like Noah in the ark, we may be found in him. ! all men in all things. — 1 Cor. x. 33. If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. GaL i. 10. THOUGH both these kinds of action are expressed by one term, to please, yet they are exceedingly diverse... | |
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For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men ? for if I yet pleased men. I should not be the servant of Christ. 
