 And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,...  Hele's Select offices of private devotion - Sivu 130tekijä(t) Richard Hele - 1825 - 546 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Simeon - 1811 - 612 sivua
...messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And...weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my i'ljirwities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. THERE is scarcely any thing in the scriptures... | |
 | William Paley - 1812 - 586 sivua
...messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." buffet him," mentioned in the Epistle to the Corinthians,... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1813 - 550 sivua
...to be content." And therefore he says, "most gladly will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon. me. Therefore I take...distresses, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak then am I strong." Hence the apostles, and the primitive ministers of Christ, and those of their successors,... | |
 | 1813 - 580 sivua
...above measure. Ver. 8. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. Ver. 9. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Psal. Ixxiii. throughout. * Psal. Ixxvii. 1. I cried unto... | |
 | 1838 - 716 sivua
...and nakedness. Yet, no sooner had he received the promise of the text, than he was prepared to say, ' I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in...distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.' " Some of you, dear brethren, are no strangers to affliction. Pain and weaknefs and long-continued... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - 554 sivua
...the inward man is renewed day by day, chap. iv. 16. it was«nothing but this could make him say, / take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...distresses for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then am I strong, chap, xii. 1O. Object. 2. It is farther objected, that the doctrine of free grace leads men... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 sivua
...Christ abound, our consolations by Christ abound so much more: .insomuch that the Apostle could say, " Therefore I take pleasure, in infirmities, in reproaches,...distresses for Christ's sake' for when I am weak, then am I strong," (2 Cor. xii. 10.) And many afflicted saints have thought and said so too : , when deep called... | |
 | 1817 - 486 sivua
..." Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest on me : Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in...distresses for Christ's sake ; for when I am weak, then am 1 strong ?" 2 Cor. xii. 9, 10. Happy man ! God was pleased to commune with him from off the mercy seat;... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 sivua
...pray the Lord Jesus Christ so to do. And speaking of his thorn in the flesh, he says, " I besought " the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. ~"...weakness. " Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my in" firmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon " me1;" — The power of Christ, — that... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 sivua
...that thorn in the flesh, which he thought might hinder his usefulness—" For this thing, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me ; and...weakness ; most gladly therefore will I rather glory in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." Jesus Christ is, doubtless, that Lord... | |
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