 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him...  Scripture history for youth - Page 302de Esther Copley - 1829Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1813 - 448 pages
...apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 2 PETER i, 16. For tee have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we...Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty. THERE is a certain degree of sublimity in which we feel gratified, and the emotions which it excites... | |
 | 1813 - 486 pages
...rest is vain; for, as Peter says, ' we have not followed cunninglydevised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.' ' i Pet. i. 16.) I would wish to lead him into an intimate union with the Saviour of men, by a living... | |
 | John Grundy - 1813 - 592 pages
...10, The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus. 2 Pet. i. 17, For he received from God the Father, honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. • 1 John ii.... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...always in remembrance. 16 For we have not followed cunningly-devised fables, while we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his 17 majesty : For he received honour and glory front God the Father, when there came such a voice to... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 432 pages
...old age he retains the impression of that heavenly vision, and exults in the recollection of it : " He received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory ; this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice... | |
 | Thomas Cogan - 1813 - 606 pages
...all things." After this divine Messenger had .been initiated into his office, by the baptism of John, he received, " from God the Father, honour and glory ; when there came a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."* This unequalled... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - 558 pages
...or, as it is in the original, The Son ofhu love; His beloved Son, in -jrhom he if •aell plecued. " For he received from God the Father, honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent plorv, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 2 Pet i. 17. He... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1814 - 522 pages
...version of the New Testament. The words of Peter as they stand in this version are, " For Jesus Christ received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory : This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, and this voice... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 pages
...Christ and Son of God. " We were eye-witnesses of his majesty ; for we saw his person in glory : for we have not followed cunningly de•vised fables,...Father, honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 598 pages
...this truth, appeals to the world in the behalf of himself and the rest of the apostles, when he says, We have not followed cunningly devised fables, -when...Jesus Christ, but -were eye-witnesses of his Majesty, 2 Pet. i. 1 8. and, indeed, their writings discover not only great integrity, but holiness, and therefore... | |
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