 | John Edward Nassau Molesworth - 1838 - 416 pages
...young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one ;" and again, " I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one." And in every period of the world many bright examples have shone forth, of young men eminent in virtue,... | |
 | Joshua Dixon - 1838 - 268 pages
...very difficult to keep our hearts from sinful desires, My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9. The word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the •wicked one. 1 John ii. 14. •when we meet with objects to excite them, and very hard to refrain from sinful actions... | |
 | William Romaine - 1839 - 418 pages
...the second part of this treatise on the life of faith. ' I have written unto you young men (says he,) because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one,' 1 John ii. 14. These young men knew the principles of the doctrine of Christ ; they were established... | |
 | James MIDDLETON (of Salisbury.) - 1839 - 124 pages
...to young men, noted for their strength, to whom John thus writes, I have written unto you young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. 1 JoHNU. 44. It appears to me that faith is the leading member of the new man. Nothing can stand before... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1840 - 970 pages
...XIX. THE ADVANTAGES OF EARLY PIETY. " / have written to you young men," says the apostle John, '• because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one." Such too ia the process of the fear of God. It converts to the happiest purpose the natural vigor of... | |
 | John Wesley - 1840 - 564 pages
...hath torment" To those whom he styles young men, St. John says, " I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one." These, the apostle observes in the other verse, had " the word of God abiding in them." It may not... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. 15 Love not the world, neither i» The love of this world is conthe things that are in the quered,... | |
 | Charles M. Sheldon - 1924 - 664 pages
...unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world,... | |
 | Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) - 1955 - 362 pages
...overcome, that you may be crowned; be humble, lest you fall in the battle. "I write unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one." 8. Brethren, all that is said here — that we have known that which is from the beginning,... | |
 | G. H. Pember - 1921 - 336 pages
...lived, and in which very many Christians live to-day. And to such the apostle wrote the assuring words : "Ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one." And though many false prophets had gone out into the world, and the spirit of Antichrist... | |
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I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. 
