 | George Fothergill - 1765 - 466 sivua
...alledged on the other Side. Hear only the memorable Declaration of St. Paul: * " What I jhould chufe, I wot not : For I am in a Strait betwixt two ; having a Dejire to depart, and to be with CHRIST ; which is far better : Neverthelefs, to abide in the Flejh... | |
 | John Rogers - 1784 - 388 sivua
...243, 269. SERMON XI. The Difficulty of St. Pauts Choice. PHILIP. i. 22, 23, 24. What I Jhall choofe I wot not. For I am in a Strait betwixt two^ having a Dejtre to depart^ and to be with Chrift^ which is far better : Never• thelefs^ to abide in the Flejh... | |
 | 1805 - 590 sivua
...rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." And to the Philippians he said, " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better." 2. The scriptures plainly hold forth, that there will be no... | |
 | 1814
...will excite an affectionate -toleninity in the mind of the-contemplative reader : Phil. i. 23. — "I am. in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, (.which is far better." 2 Tim. i. 10.— ".Who hath abolished death, and hath brought... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 sivua
...which is from Heaven : knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. Yet, what I shall choose, I wot not. For I am in a...strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 sivua
...have expressed himself in the following manner : " For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; whichis far better : nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you."... | |
 | 1804 - 476 sivua
...But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour : yet what I shall choose, I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better : 24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.... | |
 | 1804 - 438 sivua
...22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 sivua
...is glorified by me ; yet whether of the two I should choose, life or death, I cannot resolve. I. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better: For I am much straitened, and distracted in the choice: having,... | |
 | 1877 - 588 sivua
...conscious state apart from the body. To the same purpose is Paul's statement to the Philippians : " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better." Granting that this expression might have been used subjectively,... | |
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 
