 | 1844 - 420 Seiten
...previous part of the chapter there had been some severe irony. He closes the chapter with the utmost 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but ° whom the Lord commendeth. a Ra.2.29. seriousness and solemnity of manner, in order to show on his part that he was not disposed... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1844 - 862 Seiten
...is in them and their actions, comes from him, and their recompence of reward is secured by him. 18 ? [and not proselytes] so am I. 23 comraendeth. Three things are here observable, I. The proneness which is in human nature to admire,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1845 - 308 Seiten
...doth your life and conversation testify the same? or standeth your religion in word or tongue, and not in deed and truth? Pray, if you incline to answer...approved, but whom the Lord commendeth." Besides, to say I am thus and thus, when my conversation and all my neighbours tell me I lie, is great wickedness.... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1845 - 308 Seiten
...doth your life and conversation testify the same? or standeth your religion in word or tongue, and not in deed and truth? Pray, if you incline to answer...approved, but whom the Lord commendeth." Besides, to say I am thus and thus, when my conversation and all my neighbours tell me I lie, is great wickedness.... | |
 | John Bunyan, James Hamilton - 1845 - 366 Seiten
...themselves, yea, though others should commend them also, that availeth, to God-ward, nothing at all. " For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth." So then, men in " measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are... | |
 | Thomas Manton - 1845 - 624 Seiten
...peace and tranquillity of spirit doth depend upon man's speeches and judgment rather than God's : " For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth" (2 Cor. x. 18). Men cannot defend thee if God will condemn thee, they cannot condemn thee if God acquits... | |
 | I S H - 1845 - 108 Seiten
...man's line of things made ready i ; to our hand. But he that glorieth, let him glory i 8 in the Lord. For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. XI. i Would to God ye could bear with me a little He apologizes for 8 in my folly : and indeed bear... | |
 | Colin McIver - 1846 - 244 Seiten
...moment. Prov. xii. 19. §iv. 1 . Q. Is it our duty to strive to have a good name with God ? A. Yes: for, not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. 2 Cor. x. 8. 2. Q. And should we endeavour to have a good name with good people * A. Yes : let those... | |
 | Princeton Review (Firm) - 1846 - 732 Seiten
...Ann Lee, and the Mormons, then, to be acknowledged as the divinely illuminated messengers of God? " Not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth." When a man professes an eminence in holiness, surpassing that ascribed to any of the scripture saints,... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1847 - 582 Seiten
...which are met by " the honor which cometh from God only." " Whose praise is not of men, but of God." " For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth." This is a clear distinction, a fixed idea, of Christian obedience. It would be cold and inert in their... | |
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For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. 
