 | Philip Doddridge - 1807 - 428 pages
...the Father : 4 knowing, beloved brethren, your election of God ; because our 5 gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as you well know what 6 manner of persons we were among you for your sakes. And you became... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 pages
...them and in his absence from them ; by which it became manifest that the gospel had not come to them in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. I proceed, II. To inquire into the meaning of the apostle in this exhortation, work out... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...reason fully persuaded, that ye are elected of God, to salvation. I. 5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye knave what manner of men we were among you for your sake. And the ground of this... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pages
...ii. 4. " In demonstration of the Spirit, and of power." 1 Thess. i. 5. " Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost." 1 Cor. iv. 20. " The kingdom of God is not in wonl, but in power." Hence saving affections, though... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...God ? And upon what grounds doth he raise this assurance ? for, saith he, our Gospel came not to you in word only ; but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost ; \ fhess. i. 5. That, which can assure us of another man's election, may much more secure us of our... | |
 | Richard Watson (bp. of Llandaff.) - 1808 - 156 pages
...among you." — To the Thessalonians he says (i Thess. chapter i. 5.), " Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost." — To the Corinthians he thus expresses himself: (i Cor. ii. 4.) " My preaching was not with enticing... | |
 | John Newton - 1809 - 312 pages
...Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ;" and Paul reminds the Thessalonians, " that they had received it, not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance." From these passages, I think we may warrantably conclude, that merely to declare the truths... | |
 | 1852 - 862 pages
...the power of the apostles, but to make those persons disciples required the reception of the truth, "not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost." What our Lord had enjoined, Paul and Barnabas performed at Antioch in Pisidia but the persons whom... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 406 pages
...the same was mighty in me towards the Gentiles." Gal. ch. ii. 8. . " For our Gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance," 1 Thcss. ch. i. 5. in the note*; and it cannot be known that they are ever employed to... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 548 pages
...produces thus a perfect assurance. See how Paul teaches this, 1 Thess. i. 5, " Our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance," 1 Thess. ii. 13. "Ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, not as the word of... | |
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For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. 
