 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 new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.  A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation - Page 274by Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 275 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...thus to boast of this work of God in you, and the efficacy of our ministry amongst you. III. 6 IV ho also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of t he Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit gueth life. Who hath made us able ministers of... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1808 - 368 pages
...just and wise ; Will raise from sin our mortal race, To life above the skies. 193. CM KNEELAND. The ministers of the New Testament, not of the Letter, but of the Spirit. Thes« are the ministers of Christ, Call'd by unbounded grace ; Who preach eternal, endless... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...Cor. iii. 4. 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...the Spirit : for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Prayer - 1810 - 326 pages
...virtue or power in itself, but by the operation of the Spirit of God, in and by the word. 2 Cor. iii. 6, Who also hath made- us able ministers of the new testament,...the spirit; for the letter killeth,. but the spirit giveth life. Q. 6. How doth the word work effectually unto salvation ? A. The word doth work effectualy... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 488 pages
...are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency i» of God. 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament,...the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. ou vit аЯЯа nvEVfiart, Qeov roc, ovx EV яЯа& аЯЯа ¡i' яЯа& xap&aç tfapxivaiç.... | |
 | William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 522 pages
...together, for the edification of the people. " Our sufficiency " (saith the apostle) is of God, who hath made us " able ministers of the new testament,...the spirit : for the letter killeth, but "the spirit giveth life." The letter of the law, voided of its evangelical intention, leaves our bodies washed,... | |
 | John Bevans - Religious education of children - 1810 - 134 pages
...we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is of God. 6. Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit, for the letter killcth, but the spirit giveth life. 2 Cor. iv. 1 . Therefore seeing we have... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...testament in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. V. i 2 Cor. iii. 6. Who also hath, made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but o£ the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. Ver. 7. Bat if the ministration... | |
 | Samuel Davies - Presbyterian Church - 1810 - 390 pages
...St. Paul, with all his apostolic furniture, humbly acknowledges, " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of God : who alone hath mads us able ministers of the New Testament."t " Who is Paul," says he, " or who is Apollos,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...destitute of the Spirit of God, and so are distinguished from those ministers which God sends out. " But our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made...killeth, but the Spirit giveth life," 2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. Now the scriptures declare that " A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven,"... | |
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