 | William Gilpin - 1822 - 464 Seiten
...this great consolation, let us continually go on our way rejoicing. VIII. If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.—2 Corinthians > viii. 12. oT. PAUL, in the chapter, from which the text is taken, had been exhorting... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1822 - 478 Seiten
...ffiniffMh of tlift nil- 'vft liffnthe ; Of « • < I . ' - .1 . I VIII. If there be Jirst a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.—Q Corinthians, riii. 12. oT. PAUL, in the chapter, from which the text is taken, had been exhorting... | |
 | 1850 - 698 Seiten
...time, "offered freely, and after their ability." A gift presented with a mind thus willing and ready, " is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." "Every man," then, " according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grtvlyingly or of... | |
 | 1845 - 694 Seiten
...his mat-side when he expired, and are not without hope of his being accepted of Him, who " accepleth according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." We buried him to-day. 29th — This day a poor man died who for some months past was a member of the... | |
 | 1822 - 792 Seiten
...God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him ,' and that, ' if there be a willing mind it i» accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that lie hath not.'" — W.93, It is also true, that nothing but obstinate and wilful transgression, can... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 476 Seiten
...so there may be a performance also, out of that which you have. 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. PARAPHRASE. not as a command from God, but on occasion of the great liberality of the churches of Macedonia,... | |
 | Joseph Charles Philpot - 1978 - 168 Seiten
...lament that both reception and gift should be in so scant a measure. "But if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Measured by this willingness, and not by the amount of the gift, would we lay our contribution at the... | |
 | Witner Ralph - 1979 - 252 Seiten
...Reformed Church at New York, and having heard my remarks on the text, " If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not," came to me at the end of the service and presented me with this magnificent marquise ring, set with... | |
 | H. L. Willmington - 1981 - 1038 Seiten
...unto God for his unspeakable gift" (9:15). B. The spirit of giving: "For if there be first a willing m the devil (using the world and the flesh) and are sent to bring out the worst in us. "L (8:12). "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity:... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1963 - 388 Seiten
...have us know that the great quality of true service is the willing mind, "If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not" (II Corinthians 8:12). Abraham went a long way and suffered much heart-anguish to do the will of God.... | |
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For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 
