God-ward : not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; 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... Ordination Addresses - Page 172by William Stubbs - 1904 - 337 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Quinton Stow - 1836 - 328 pages
...19, 24. f Rom. i. 9. J Rom. i. 16. II 1 Cor. iii. 5, 6, 9, 21. § 2 Cor. i. 12. H 2 Cor. ii. 14—17. we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God."* " But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of... | |
| Albert Badger - 1837 - 392 pages
...Even the greatest of the Apostles confessed this to be the only source of his enduring fortitude. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything...of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God, who hath made us able ministers of the New Testament. And here was the hidden virtue of the Saviour's promise,... | |
| 1837 - 324 pages
...with the Spirit of the living God : not in tables of stone, ] but in fleshly tables of the heart. And 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 ministers of... | |
| Rev. Molesworth - 1837 - 424 pages
...Contemplate man's wants, weakness, and inability. "Without me ye can do nothing." (John xv. 5.) " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." (2 Cor. iii. 5.) (To be continued.) CHARLOTTE JONES. " Oh ! house of Israel, are not my ways... | |
| James Slade - 1837 - 132 pages
...our Maker, Preserver and Guide ; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps : we are not able of ourselves, to think anything as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of thee. Holy Father, we do not presume to draw nigh unto thee, trusting in our own righteousness,... | |
| Short family prayers - 1838 - 160 pages
...are able, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it. And such trust have we through Christ to Godward, not...think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God. And the Lord shall deliver us from every evil work, and will preserve us unto his heavenly... | |
| Henry Stebbing - 1838 - 776 pages
...our faith, or we should perish for want, both spiritual and natural. The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. UCH 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 ministers of... | |
| Richard BOYS - 1838 - 262 pages
...sin did my mother conceive me. (c) John xv. 5. Without me ye can do nothing. — 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. (d) 1 Cor. ii. 14. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they... | |
| English monthly tract society - 1838 - 634 pages
...in which she had said them in the class, " Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out." " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God." O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? " "I can do... | |
| 1839 - 612 pages
...and you with us, may at length attain unto eternal life, and praise God and the Lamb for ever. " And 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." It is he, and he alone, who can make poor... | |
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