| Benjamin Jenks - 1803 - 382 páginas
...glory of their Lord ! not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully ; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God ; and being so good cnsamples to the flock, that having preached to others, themselves may not... | |
| 1828 - 590 páginas
...hy keeping hack nothing that may he profitahle, hut, in humhle dependence in the Divine Spirit, hy manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God, they may hope, in some good degree, to answer the design of the sacred office, and to he at... | |
| Edward Davies - 1811 - 438 páginas
...of the Gospel, they were not walking in craftiness, or handling the word of God deceitfully, but, by manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God. (2 Cor. iv. 1, 2.) The same apostle denounces a solemn curse upon any man, or even an angel... | |
| John Wesley - 1812 - 448 páginas
...spoke with authority, as speaking not their own word, but the word of him that sent them, and " by manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God." They were " not as many that corrupt the word of God," debase and adulterate it with foreign... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 páginas
...preach, ' using great plain ness of speech,' as the apostle Paul tells us he did, 2 Cor. iiL 12. and ' by manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God,' 2 Cor. iv» 2. Yet he does not allow them to be rude and careless in their expressions pouring... | |
| Robert Stevens - 1813 - 668 páginas
...hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, not handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending" themselves " to every man's conscience in the sight of God." * They " behaved themselves holily, and justly, and unblamably."i They were " wise as serpents,... | |
| Abner Kneeland - 1818 - 226 páginas
...hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully ; but by manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God." (2 Cor. iv. 2.) These observations, I hope, will prepare the mind, in some degree, to hear... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 páginas
...bestowed upon them; (Matt. xii. 30.) not corrupting the word of God, but in sincerity, as of God, by manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God; approving themselves good stewards of his manifold grace, and proving themselves indeed a sweet... | |
| 1843 - 684 páginas
...persuading in a manner adapted entirely to the intellectual constitution of the human family ; and " by manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God." Their one aim, pursued by methods exactly harmonizing with it, is to bring men to salvation... | |
| 1923 - 662 páginas
...hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commending themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God." All the other subjects of this kingdom serve their King " in godly simplicity, in sincerity... | |
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