 This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach...  Memoirs of the Life, Character, and Writings, of ... Philip Doddridge ... - Page 77de Job Orton - 1825 - 241 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...made you overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood, 28. This ú a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, riven... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 600 pages
...he did not desire a mere pompous outside show, but a good work. Hence Paul says, 1 Tim. iii. 1 , " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." He prays then for the wrath of God upon them, not as desiring that they should be destroyed, but, that,... | |
 | William Laurence Brown - 1826 - 376 pages
...of the ministers of Christ. Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."5 " This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, (or overseer,) he desireth a good work. A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of one wife,... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 1184 pages
...he ciid not desire a mere- pompous outside show, but a good work. Hence Paul says, 1 Tim. iii. 1, " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." He prays then for the wrath of God upon them, not as desiring that they should be destroyed, but, that,... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1826 - 152 pages
...crops. The first institution of Bishopricks, St. Paul has well explained in his letter to Timothy. " If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a. good "work:" — not in the sense in which ecclesiastical offices are now spoken of; as when we say, "Mr. A. has... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1827 - 558 pages
...right to a maintenance from the people, to whom he dispenses the word and ordinances1? (f) 1 Tim. 3. 1. This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Jer. 3. 15. And I will give you pastors according tojnine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 pages
...that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. I TIM. iii. 1, 2 : This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless. PHI. i. 1: To all the saints in Christ Jesus, which are at Philippi,... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety. This is a true saying ; If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given... | |
 | 1828 - 220 pages
...everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^f And another Bishop shall read the Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. 1. THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the Office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given... | |
 | Cyrus Yale - 1828 - 364 pages
...afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.' 1 Timothy iii. 1 — 7. 'This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, &c.' 2 Timothy ii. 24, 25. ' And the servant of the Lord must not... | |
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