 | Francis Vyvyan LUKE - 1848 - 732 sivua
...acknowledgment. is exalted, and the rich made low, because, as the flower of grass he shall pass away ; that God hath chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him. However little they may distinguish the... | |
 | rev. James Gardner - 1849 - 390 sivua
...promises to its possessor. They are poor in spirit, but theirs is a rich inheritance in the heavens. " God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom." Some have supposed that the expression " the kingdom of heaven," simply refers to... | |
 | Edward Miall - 1849 - 498 sivua
...that by the gospel he is exalted — the rich, that by the same gospel he is made low. For since God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him, we are to beware how we despise the poor,... | |
 | 1849 - 614 sivua
...needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven," while James declared that " God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him." How little is this genius of Christianity... | |
 | William Spotswood White - 1849 - 200 sivua
...Scriptures to the characters and lives of such persons as Ruth, Esther, and Nehemiah, proves, that " God hath chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him" — that he hath moreover "chosen the... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1850 - 596 sivua
...Gospel provides, is rather in favour of the poor : "To the poor is the Gospel preached. " And, " God hath chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom." But if there is a purgatory, the poor are in far worse case than the rich, because... | |
 | 1850 - 498 sivua
...privilege of his saving grace. The poor and miserable have a friend and comforter in Christ, for " he hath chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised." This picture is the production of Ary Scheffer, a Dutch artist... | |
 | John Owen - 1850 - 632 sivua
...than in those of the highest natural sagacity, enjoying the best improvements of reason. For " God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom:" James ii. 5. However they may be poor, and, as another apostle speaketh, " foolish,... | |
 | American Tract Society - 1850 - 518 sivua
...many mighty, not many noble are called." And St. James asks, whether it is not notorious, that God hath chosen the "poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the king, dom which he hath promised to them that love him." The subsequent history of the church... | |
 | Mystery - 1850 - 512 sivua
...senators only, but to the people individually, to every one of you; and dost thou not know that God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love Him ? " Whoso then hath this world's good,... | |
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God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him. 
