| 1840 - 456 páginas
...the Lord" which is ' ' our strength ?" (Neh. viii. 10.) And how fulfil the exhortation, " earnestly to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints," (Jude 3.) except we first know that we are justified by that faith, and that its possession is the pledge of... | |
| Jeremiah Bell Jeter - 1855 - 396 páginas
...settled," Col. 1: 23 ; to strive " together for the faith of the Gospel," Phil. 1 : 27 ; and " earnestly to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints." Jude 3. They are said to have "fellowship in the Gospel," Phil. 1 : 5. Christians love one another in the truth.... | |
| Fletcher Fleming - 1862 - 200 páginas
...temper, may be great, and ought not to be overlooked or undervalued. We are, indeed, enjoined " earnestly to contend for "the faith once delivered to the saints" (Jude 3): but we should contend, though earnestly, yet in the spirit of meekness, gentleness, and love : not... | |
| William Honyman Gillespie - 1865 - 228 páginas
...that afleft the Vitals of Religion ; and Wf ai£ commanded earneftly to contend for the Fairb otice delivered to the Saints, Jude 3. \Ve ought not to be indifferent about Truth and Error, but enrnejl about it. Errors that arTeft the Foundation or Vitals of Religion, are very dangerous to the... | |
| 1869
...prevalence of false doctrine among us, we should never forget that we are expressly commanded ' earnestly to contend for the faith once delivered to the Saints,' (Jude 3). No part of Divine truth is to be compromised for any purpose or at any cost. It must not be mutilated... | |
| John Wildman Moncrief - 1902 - 468 páginas
...physical and moral evils were ascribed. Doctrinal Controversies The exhortation had been given earnestly to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 3). This was a prophecy, for the greatest difficulties of the early church were by no means confined to... | |
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