 | 1842 - 268 Seiten
...also to perform." His covenant is confirmed, and "no man disannulled] it;" "and when He made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater He sware by Himself, saying, Surely, blessing 1 will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee ; and so after he... | |
 | 1839 - 596 Seiten
...but imitators of those who through 13. faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God promised to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14. saying, " By myself have I sworn (a), Verily, " blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying 15.... | |
 | Stephen Charnock - 1840 - 628 Seiten
...that he will be true to it, not so much out of an election of himself as the object Of the oath. " Because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself," Heb. vi. 13; whereby the apostle clearly intimates that Divine goodness was raised to such a height for us, that... | |
 | William Cave, Henry Cary - 1840 - 484 Seiten
...This covenant was ratified and ensured on God's part by a solemn oath : " for when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee."i On Abraham's part... | |
 | John Bovee Dods - 1840 - 374 Seiten
...the justification of the heathen ; yes, of all nations. Again, Paul says, " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself. .... Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 Seiten
...slothful, but follower of *f who through faith and patience inherit the promis*5470 when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing 1 will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 5 And so, after he... | |
 | Freeman Yates - 1843 - 174 Seiten
...hath spoken, and shall he not make it good?" (Numbers xxiii. 19.) Moreover, " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself. . . . For men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.... | |
 | John Cunningham - 1843 - 408 Seiten
...would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee." 1 To Abraham he sware, — " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and mul1 Isa. liv. 9. tiplying I will multiply thee."2 The... | |
 | Mrs. Ann Fradgly - 1843 - 336 Seiten
...for the full promises in Christ, and the certainty of their fulfilment. ' For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely, blessing I 'Will bless thee ; ' and ' after he had patiently endured he obtained the... | |
 | John Russell Hurd - 1844 - 860 Seiten
...these creatures of his power, both in a natural and in a spiritual sense. So, when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Heb. vi. 13. ' That there should be [shall be] time no longer.' — This declaration appears the more extraordinary,... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
