 | Edward Harold Browne (bp. of Winchester.) - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...our Lord could not have placed perfection in selling all things, since in 1 Cor. xiii. 3, wo read " though I give all my goods to feed the poor .... and have not charity, it proflteth me nothing.' Calvin also observes, that the young man could not really have kept all the... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1850 - 520 Seiten
...clean unto you. And yet a man may give alms, and not be justified before God. As St. Paul has shown, " Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, I am nothing." 3 The giving of alms may be an outward thing, as well as the washing of hands. It is... | |
 | Archibald Alexander - 1852 - 80 Seiten
...needeth, or from contributing to promote the cause of piety and humanity. RELATIVE DUTIES. BE faithful and conscientious in the discharge of all duties which...feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." TEMPTATIONS. EXERCISE incessant vigilance against the dangers and temptations by which you... | |
 | David Thomas - 1882 - 446 Seiten
...The Lord judgeth not as man judgeth," &c. The motive is the soul of the deed. " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Do not judge the desire by the effort, but judge the effort put forth by the desire. The... | |
 | 1853 - 400 Seiten
...live, while they were careless of the glory of God ? Remember (1 Cor. xiii. 3), "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." 3. Are there any who desire to act as stewards, who know they must give account? Pray for... | |
 | Henry William SULIVAN - 1853 - 294 Seiten
...fact St. Paul has guarded us against this mistake. For you remember, he says, " Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." So that a man might be full of almsgiving without the spirit of charity. No, brethren, the... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 388 Seiten
...and would also contradict the express assertion, "By deeds of law no flesh shall be justified," and "though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Rom. iii. 20 ; 1 Cor. xiii. 3. Its obvious meaning is, part with the object that stands between... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 396 Seiten
...and would also contradict the express assertion, "By deeds of law no flesh shall be justified," and "though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." Rom. iii. 20 ; 1 Cor. xiii. 3. Its obvious meaning is, part with the object that stands between... | |
 | Francisque Cyrille Bouillier - 1854 - 870 Seiten
...benevolence; but that which Paul denominates charity is the true, divine Spirit of Love, — " Though I should give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, I am nothing," — that charity which " loveth all things" and which strives to add to the enjoyment... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1855 - 436 Seiten
...compensate the neglect of a commanded duty by gifts to the altar. Paul rebukes it, when he says, " Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, I am nothing." There is no more preposterous doctrine than that sin is atoned for, and heaven purchased,... | |
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Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 
