 | 1821 - 400 pages
...that the ministers of Christ, in their proper characters, are accepted of God, through Jesus Christ. " We are, unto God, a sweet savour of Christ ; in them that are saved and in them that perish. To the one, we are a savour of death unto death ; and to the other, a savour of life unto life." Then... | |
 | William Paley - 1822 - 288 pages
...examples of it which are found in the Epistle to the Ephesians. '2. Cor. ch. ii. 14, at the word favour: " Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to...manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place (for we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish ; to... | |
 | 1876 - 1204 pages
...they divide the spoil." To Him whose hand hath so greatly prospered us be the praise and glory ! " Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to...the savour of His knowledge by us in every place." This remarkable prosperity en tails upon us an embarrassment which we hope will only prove temporary.... | |
 | 1845 - 694 pages
...scenes which those churches presented, the holy and benevolent Apostle exclaimed, " Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ,...the savour of his knowledge by us in every place." (2 Cor. ii. 14.) The text which we have read, as the basis of our present discourse, relates to the... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...xv. 57. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jena Christ. 2 Cor. ii. 14. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us...triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of bis knowledge by us in every place. 1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace... | |
 | 1822 - 602 pages
...and striking imagery is taken from a Roman triumph, occurs 2 Cor. ii. " Now thanks be unto God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh...the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved and in them that perish ; to the... | |
 | 1833 - 958 pages
...Matt, xviii. 12,) " foolishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." (1 Cor. i. 18.) "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish," that are lost. (2 Cor. ii. 15.) " By grace are ye saved through faith." (Eph. ii. 8.) These believers... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 pages
...what mighty wonders did it achieve! So that the Apostle Paul exclaimed, " Now thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh...manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place 1 " But alas ! that bright hemisphere of celestial glory was soon obscured and darkened by the dense... | |
 | 1822 - 526 pages
...beautiful and striking imagery is taken from a Roman triumph, occurs 2 Cor. ii. Now thanks be unto God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh...the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For tx>e are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and that it was his lot which... | |
 | 1878 - 1002 pages
...faithfully performed, will abide for ever. Ours is the most responsible office that a man can fill. ' We are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life.... | |
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