| 310 pages
...made perfect in weakness." Then says Paul : " Most gladly will I glory in my infirmities, that the POWER OF CHRIST may rest upon me. Therefore I take...in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distress, for Christ's sake : for when I am weak, then am I strong." None are more ready than "the... | |
| John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...a thorn in the flesh, the 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 he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness." It is by the power God, that his... | |
| 1804 - 438 pages
...exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 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. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 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. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,... | |
| Morning and evening prayers - 1818 - 714 pages
...Cor. i. 2. With all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, &c. Rev. v. 9, 10. Thou art worthy to take the book, — for thou wast slain,... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...pleased to take off the tempter, and to rid me from that impetuous and troublesome suggestion. XII. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirinities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. And he said unto me, Content thyself... | |
| Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 426 pages
...prays to Christ when there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet him : "For this thing, I besought the Lord thrice, that...might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness." What follows proves that by the... | |
| William Paley - 1810 - 406 pages
...a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." There can be no doubt but that " the temptation which was... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...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. I. 1 cried unto... | |
| James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 492 pages
...when they are rejected ¡ because in both cases, their good is designed, and effectually promoted. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...therefore will I rather -glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,... | |
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