 | Philip Schaff - 1877 - 948 Seiten
...natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit,' etc. (1 Cor. ii. 14). The same Paul elsewhere denies that we are 'sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves' (2 Cor. iii. 5). Now, it is evident that the mind or understanding is the guide of the will ; and,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 Seiten
...neither indeed can be." Rom. 8:7. "How can ye, being evil, speak good things." Matt. 12 : 34. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. 3 : 5. How fallen then is man, who can neither believe nor... | |
 | 1802 - 374 Seiten
...God ; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables trust have we through Christ to God- ward : s Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency isof God ; 6 Who.also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not... | |
 | 1842
...can be found more completely self-renouncing in this respect, than the declaration of St. Paul? " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of God.'' (2 Cor. iii. 5.) The right way to view a Christian, is, to regard... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 Seiten
...discharge all the functions of the holy ministry: "Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward : not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able wvvnister-s of the new Testament ; not... | |
 | 1804 - 476 Seiten
...stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward : 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; rot... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - 508 Seiten
...its maker. For it is true in a natural, as well as a spiritual sense, •what St. Paul says, * " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think, any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." But your lordship, as I guess by your following words, would argue,... | |
 | David Low Dodge - 1808 - 156 Seiten
...dtrect his steps." Our Saviour says, " For without me, ye can do nothing." The apostle declares, " not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." "For it is in him we live, move, and have our being." " The preparations... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 Seiten
...Son our Lord. Amen. The Ejii&tle. I Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward : Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency s of God. \Vho also hath made us able ministers of the Mew Testament ; not of... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 Seiten
...St. Paul, in his own name and in the name of all his brethren, disavows all self-sufficiency. " Not " that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any " thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of • " God." (2 Cor. iii. 5. Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 10.) And in another place he... | |
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Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 
