 | First Unitarian Society. Philadelphia - 1810 - 506 Seiten
...light of nature, he should no more be excluded from his favour than the circumcised Jew: Rom. 2 chap. He says, we labour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 488 Seiten
...I gat/, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment 4 Kat yap ¿t OVffc «v Чф çevaÇoftev ßofOV(i£VOi'... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 466 Seiten
...character of every Christian. And the 9th verse that follows it belongs to all the saints: 44 Wherefore we labour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him ; for we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things... | |
 | Elihu Thayer - 1813 - 390 Seiten
...he "laboured to keep a conscience void of offence, both toward God and man.", Wherefore, saith he, "we labour, that whether present or absent, we: may be accepted of him," and he speaks of being in the body, as a state of absence from the Lord. ; It is so comparatively,... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 Seiten
...confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord ; wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him," 2 Cor. v. 5, 9. I come, in the last place, to shew how saints are employed in heaven. As the understanding... | |
 | 1816 - 566 Seiten
...labours of the true servants of God, the divine approbation is their highest satisfaction. " Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him."-^— '.' In all things approving ourselves as the ministers' of God." Whitchurch, Salop. JH THOUGHTS ON... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 Seiten
...indispensable, we strive to rivet on their hearts, by continual repetition. Mark the expression in the text. As we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him, before whom we must all shortly appear ; as we are looking for and hasting to the coming of the Son... | |
 | John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 456 Seiten
...this glory has upon the conduct of believers. This the apostle describes, when he says, " Wherefore we " labour, that, whether present or absent, " we may be accepted of him." This labour includes in it both the doing and suffering of the will of God. 1. To do the will of God,... | |
 | 1817 - 780 Seiten
...con6dent, and willing, rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore, we labour, that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him." In the 1st ver. of this chapter tie speaks similar language : " We know," says be, " that if our earthly... | |
 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 Seiten
...terms upon which we may, in virtue of Christ's meritorious sacrifice, secure our acceptance with God,) we LABOUR, that whether present or absent we MAY BE accepted of him. FOR we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done... | |
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Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or... 
