 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 648 pages
...of being " beside himself}" but his only answer was this •, " Whether we be beside our'< selves, it is to God; or whether we be *' sober, it is for your cause." (2 Cor. v. 13.) And let this be your answer also. If the minister of Christ give no offence to " the... | |
 | Jacob Stanley - 1813 - 158 pages
...eccentricity to frozen-hearted formalists and "gentle theologues," he would probably have said, " Whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God ; or whether we...your cause : for the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead : and that he died for all, that... | |
 | 1825 - 618 pages
...The Rev. W. Thorpe, of Bristol, preached from 2 Cor. v. 13, and part of 14th verse. " JVIiethcr we be beside ourselves, it is to God; or whether we be...sober, it is for your cause ; for the love of Christ constrained! us. The preacher consider! dl. The greatobject of the labour of the Apostles as iden.... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord,— x 2 Cor. v. 13. For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God ; or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. Ver. 14. For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 498 pages
...God," chap. iv. 15. To the same purpose are the words immediately preceding the text. " Whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God, or whether we be sober, it is for your cause." What cause produced all these noble effects ? What object animated St. Paul, and the other apostles,... | |
 | Alexander M'Leod - 1813 - 166 pages
...he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord. (x) 2Cor. 5. 13. For -whether we he besides ourselves, it is to God : or whether we be sober, it is for your eause. For the love of Christ eonstraineth us. (t/) Col. 4. 12. Epaphras, who is one of you, a wrvant... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1813 - 244 pages
...whether me be beside ourselves, says the apostle to the Corinthians, it is TO GOD ,• or whether me be sober, it is for YOUR CAUSE. For the, love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; and that He died for all, that... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1814 - 198 pages
...men. Such an enthusiasm, he expresses, when he says, (2 Corinth, cvv 13, 14.) " Whether we be besides ourselves, it is to God, or whether we be sober, it...for your cause ; for the love of Christ constraineth ih ~ s'1 er hand, there is danger of a counterfeit, pernicious enthusiasm, and about that' we are now... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...eonfident, knowing that, whilst wo are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for your eause. 1* For the love of Christ eonstraineth us; beeause we thus judge, that if one died for all,... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1816 - 192 pages
...souls of men. Such an enthusiasm, he expresses, when he says, (2 Corinth, cvv 13, 1'4.) " Whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God, or whether we be...your cause ; for the love of Christ constraineth us." Of such nn enthusiasm as this I wish I were far from guilty. But on the other hand, there is danger... | |
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For the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead : 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 
