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... Apostle is lost in the splendour of the Apostle's Lord ; John is made to decrease , that the Saviour of John may increase more and more . It must surely strike every reader of the Bible , how completely and consistently throughout , the ...
... Apostle is lost in the splendour of the Apostle's Lord ; John is made to decrease , that the Saviour of John may increase more and more . It must surely strike every reader of the Bible , how completely and consistently throughout , the ...
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... apostle is speaking , not of converts to Christianity , but of ministers of the gospel , when he says that " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to con- found the wise , and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to ...
... apostle is speaking , not of converts to Christianity , but of ministers of the gospel , when he says that " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to con- found the wise , and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to ...
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... apostle as soon as he was converted ; he was left to show his consistency as a pri- vate Christian first ; and , having illustrated and adorned the humbler office by his life , he was chosen to be a disciple , and subsequently to be an ...
... apostle as soon as he was converted ; he was left to show his consistency as a pri- vate Christian first ; and , having illustrated and adorned the humbler office by his life , he was chosen to be a disciple , and subsequently to be an ...
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... apostles upon a mountain- top ; he himself was crucified on a mountain ; he rose to the skies from Mount Olivet : and thus , the most remarkable events in the history of the past all took place upon mountain - tops . Whether it is that ...
... apostles upon a mountain- top ; he himself was crucified on a mountain ; he rose to the skies from Mount Olivet : and thus , the most remarkable events in the history of the past all took place upon mountain - tops . Whether it is that ...
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... apostles . Throughout five or six chapters we find Peter and John together , but Peter always the eloquent spokesman , John always the silent witness for the truth ; and willing that Peter should have all the éclat of the orator , if ...
... apostles . Throughout five or six chapters we find Peter and John together , but Peter always the eloquent spokesman , John always the silent witness for the truth ; and willing that Peter should have all the éclat of the orator , if ...
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Page 412 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Page 471 - Behold I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.
Page 195 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Page 361 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 475 - For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 379 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 425 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Page 393 - I know thy works ; behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Page 389 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 427 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years...