 | James Meikle - 1812 - 384 Seiten
...with the affairs of the land, as we belong to thfe sea ; so must the saint not entangle himself in the affairs of this life, that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a spiritual soldier. 5. We are all maintained by the King ; so are all Christians by the throne of Heaven.... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 Seiten
...not conformed to this world ; but be ye transformed by the. renewing of your mind. (y) No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may pleas* him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. Thou therefore endure • hardness as a good soldier... | |
 | Abraham Booth - 1813 - 452 Seiten
...the following passage seems to have the force of a negative precept, respecting the christian pastor: No man thai warreth entangleth himself with the affairs...may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. A pastor should be very cautious, not only of entering, unnecessarily, into stated secular employment;... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1813 - 550 Seiten
...therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth, entangleth himv.-lfwith the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath 0<xa. 13 chosen him to be a soldier. Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Meditate... | |
 | Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1814 - 772 Seiten
...holds of Satan. You know the service in which " you have enlisted : ' No man that warreth en"* tangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that " he may...please him who hath chosen him to be " a soldier.' Some, who once engaged in the " 1same cause, unfortunately desiring to be rich, " fell into ' temptation... | |
 | 1814 - 570 Seiten
...teaeh others also. 3 Thou, therefore, endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him, who hath ehosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not erowned exeept... | |
 | Jacob Kerr - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...appeared so to be, that he might be eonsidered a soldier of Jesus Christ, in word and in deed. No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath ehosen him to be a soldier.—2 Tim. ii, 4.. But he, unmindful of the foregoing text, strived for the... | |
 | 1815 - 608 Seiten
...3. Therefore, endure hardships, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4. No man that warreth entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier. 5. And if a man also strive for victories, yet is he not crowned except... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 664 Seiten
...house!" In order to redeem time, he must refuse to engage in secular affairs : No man, that tvarreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life,...clock-weight goes down slowly, yet it draws all the works with it. OWEN remarks, that it is not sufficiently considered how much a Minister's personal... | |
 | Seth Coleman, Nathan Perkins - 1817 - 306 Seiten
...stand." If he would war with sucsess in the spiritual warfare, he must be watchful that he entangle not himself " with the affairs of this life, that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." After my admission at College, I was much agitated with anxiety about the consequences of changing... | |
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No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 
