 | 1830 - 456 pages
...which testify concerning me." His Apostles followed the example of their Master. " These (the Bereans) were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that...things were so. Therefore many of them believed." They did not embrace Christianity, because the Apostle asserted it was true. It was when they themselves... | |
 | Samuel Gover Winchester - 1831 - 234 pages
...you by the Lord, that this epistle* be read unto all the holy brethren." Paul. " These (the Bereans) were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so." - r Jets xvii. 11. Another objection urged by papists, to the promiscuous reading of the Scriptures... | |
 | John Bovee Dods - 1832 - 222 pages
...Thessalonica, but they heeded not his words. He preached also at Beren, and the inspired penman says, "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...of mind, and searched the scriptures daily whether these things were so." It is our duty to search the scriptures prayerfully and "labor to enter into... | |
 | 1832 - 642 pages
...individual member of the church of Christ to the end of time, that the Bereans in the apostolic age " were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that...of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether these things were so." And surely in the present day, when so many are crying, ' lo here ! and lo there... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 624 pages
...Rom. viii. 20. MDCCLXXXIX. THE GOOD EFFECTS OF A CANDID ATTENTION TO THE GOSPEL. Acts xvii. 11, 12. These were more noble than th.ose in Thessalonica,...those things were so. Therefore many of them believed. THE clamour often raised against the Gospel is no argument against the Gospel itself. God's messengers... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1833 - 192 pages
...the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. — Acts xvii. 1.1. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily whether these things were so. — Matt. vii. 7. Ask, and it shatl be given you; seek, and ye shall find ; knock,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 674 pages
...Faith cometh by hearing [which is our work,] Gal. iii, 26 ; Rom. x, 17. They [the Bereans] received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched...those things were so ; therefore many of them believed : [ie received " the ingrafted word," and by that means were "born again" according to the Christian... | |
 | Well-wisher to society - 1834 - 434 pages
...bid him God speed ; for he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds. Acts 17: 11. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the scriptures daily whether those things were so. 3 Rev. 22: 18. 19. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,... | |
 | 1834 - 606 pages
...in one Spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel." The brethren in Berea " were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so." — Acts xvii. 1 1 . TW Newbury. UNION AMONG BAPTISTS. To the Editor (fthe Baptist Magazine. I HAVE... | |
 | Francis Close - 1834 - 462 pages
...Bereans is left on record as a guide to us all on these points : it is related of them " that they were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so." O that a spirit of anxious inquiry, and a humble search after truth, might be awakened among us ! What... | |
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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 
