 Therefore we are always confident; knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the...  The Monthly repository (and review). - Page 5831817Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Richard Baxter - 1835 - 394 pages
...dieth. ' For we walk by faith, not by sight;' we groan to be clothed upon with our heavenly house: ' Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him.' ' Now the just shall live by faith.' And (Heb. xi. 1,) ' Faith is the substance of things hoped for,... | |
 | 1835 - 286 pages
...death, without waiting to come back to take the material body for the purpose: thus he immediately adds, "wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely, Abel Charles Thomas - 1835 - 302 pages
...that he is willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord, for which presence " we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him : for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things... | |
 | Thomas Quinton Stow - 1836 - 328 pages
...this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us."f " Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.. .For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God, or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. "J... | |
 | 1836 - 230 pages
...miller to I»- absent from the body, and Ui the ministry he not blamed : be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted cfhim. 10 For we must all appear before the Jud»ment-î?eal of Christ ; that every one 4 But in alt... | |
 | Rev. Thomas Scott - 1837 - 432 pages
...endureth unto everlasting life." And hence St. Paul, when speaking of himself and his brethren, says, " Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him." * And hence the peculiar expression of the text, " Work out your own salvation," and not only so, but... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 624 pages
...from our body and to be present with the Lord, than to be still in the body and absent from God. V. 9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Wherefore we labour, that, whether we live or die, whether our souls be present in our bodies or separated... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 630 pages
...from our body and to be present with the Lord, than to be still in the body and absent from God. V. 9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Wherefore we labour, that, whether we live or die, whether our souls be present in our bodies or separated... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1838 - 366 pages
...more abundantly than they all : yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." (1 Cor. xv. 10.) "We are confident, and willing rather to be absent...whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." (2 Cor. v. 8, 9.) Such were the faith and practice of that wise and faithful servant of the Lord. And... | |
 | Theyre Townsend Smith - 1838 - 526 pages
...comparative indifference to the interests of the present state. " We walk by faith, and not by sight." " We are confident, and willing rather to be absent...whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ." He instructs us, moreover and especially,... | |
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