 | Thomas Jackson - 1844 - 534 Seiten
...the object of this oath (as our apostle tells us, ver. 13.) was God himself: Wlien God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself; yet this, By myself' have I sworn, is more express in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew. But the Chaldee... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1844 - 712 Seiten
...consolation still, he hath bound himself by his oath. Heb. vi. 13, &c., " For when God made promise ft her father and mother, and the land of her nativity, to come and tr saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had... | |
 | 322 Seiten
...so that we might enjoy it, not in prospect, but in present possession. "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 ; and so, after he... | |
 | William Beveridge - 1845 - 466 Seiten
...blessing I will bless thee." From whence the Apostle observes, that " when God made pro- Heb. 6. i3. mise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself." " Wherein God, willing more ver. i7. abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability... | |
 | John Bovee Dods - 1845 - 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... | |
 | 1846 - 462 Seiten
...principles of the oracles of God. Well, the apostle proceeds with his subject, "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 tbee," &c., &c. But read... | |
 | International society for the evangelization of the Jews - 1846 - 738 Seiten
...it. In each of these ways the attribute we are considering has been revealed. "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. And so, after he had... | |
 | Robert Hardy Conklin - 1846 - 288 Seiten
...covenant, we will now refer him to Paul's opinion. Heb. 6 : 13, 14, 17, 18. " 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, nnd multiplying, I will multiply thee .... Wherein God... | |
 | J. Victor Wilson - 1846 - 334 Seiten
...S5--37. And 'He ever liveth to make intercession for us.'-^Heb. vii. 25. 'When God made the PROMISE unto Abraham, because He could Swear by no Greater, HE SWARE BY HIMSELF, saying, SURELY, Blessing 1 will Bless thee,' &c.— Heb. vii. 13, 14. 'Men Swear verily by the Greater,... | |
 | Paul (st.) - 1847 - 40 Seiten
...imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit, the promises. 18 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, " Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." 15 And so, after... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
