 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
 | Robert Haldane - 1847 - 780 pages
...propensities. It is not then of himself, of his own power or will, that he is able to do this. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God." No man overcomes the corruptions of his heart but by the influence of the Spirit of God. Though... | |
 | Saint Thomas (Aquinas) - 1954 - 388 pages
...except by thinking, as Augustine explains (14 De Trin. 7). Now in II Cor. 3:5 the apostle says: "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves." Hence a man cannot know truth by himself, without the help of grace. On the other hand: Augustine says... | |
 | Witness Lee - 1987 - 72 pages
...to what God wants to produce in us. Paul said, "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant, not of letter, but of the Spirit" (2 Cor. 3:5-6).... | |
 | Lewis Sperry Chafer - 1922 - 146 pages
..."For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13). "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is of God" (2 Cor. 3:5). "But by the grace of God, I am what I ant and his grace which was bestowed upon... | |
 | David Daniell - 1995 - 488 pages
...but with the spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. + Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward, not that we are sufftcient of ourselves to think anything as it were of ourselves: but our ableness cometh of God,... | |
 | Benedict Baur - 1997 - 228 pages
..."And of his fullness we all have received, and grace for grace" (Jn i: 16). Why should you fear? "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God" (2 Cor 3: 5). True, we are but dust, sinful, miserable, weak. But we are members of Christ,... | |
 | Wolfgang Capito, William Roy - 1999 - 334 pages
...sinful humanity, humankind should possess the righteousness which God allows. 701 note 65 ij.Co.iij 'Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward, not...we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as it were of ourselves: but our ableness cometh of God, which hath made us able to minister the new testament,... | |
 | 1999 - 462 pages
...but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy 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 the... | |
 | Dr. Paul Chappell - 2000 - 238 pages
...them. Consider a passage of Scripture from the Second Epistle to the Corinthians. Paul confides, "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 the... | |
 | Jamie Lorentzen - 2001 - 236 pages
...with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 4And 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 as able ministers of... | |
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