 Therefore we are always confident; knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the...  The Monthly repository (and review). - Strana 5831817Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1842 - Počet stránok 728
...Judge when our connexion with all our earthly possessions shall have entirely ceased, we must anxiously labour that, " whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him," so that we may hear him saying unto us, " Well done, good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful... | |
 | William Roberts - 1843 - Počet stránok 734
...; (for we walk faith, not by sight ;) we are confident, I say, and willinf be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord ; wherefore we labour,...whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." Yet, who can contemplate the anxiety of this great St concerning the awful futurity that awaits the... | |
 | Benjamin Luckock - 1843 - Počet stránok 294
...walk by faith, not by sight) : we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour...whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." We, however, frequently place the blessings of the Gospel beyond our reach ; or, in fact, deprive ourselves... | |
 | 1843 - Počet stránok 844
...in which he was looking shortly but finally to stand before the judgment seat of Christ, saying, " Wherefore, we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him ; for we must all appear," &c. May the same grace and spirit of holiness inspire our hearts in like... | |
 | Reginald Courtenay - 1843 - Počet stránok 482
...Lord." But let St. Paul himself explain his own meaning. He thus continues the passage last quoted. " 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... | |
 | 1845 - Počet stránok 632
...language of an apostle — " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour,...whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." The foregoing considerations may suggest serious admonition to those who are not living in the Lord.... | |
 | 1844 - Počet stránok 428
...walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour...whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him." On which I remarked: — Paul, it appears bad such a clear and distinct view of man, and of the Christian,... | |
 | George Bull - 1844 - Počet stránok 660
...state of separation from it; "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour,...whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ'," &c. The same St. Paul speaks of visions... | |
 | 1827 - Počet stránok 506
...meditations, death, our entrance upon an eternal state, and our appearance before God. So did St. Paul : " We labour, that whether present or absent we may be accepted of Him : for we must all appear before the judgment scat of Christ, that every one may receive the things... | |
 | 1814 - Počet stránok 1018
...gone out, give us oil," when it will be too late ; to knock when the door cannot be opened. O let us labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. In that very state we should wish to die, so let us live. The Judge is at the door ! If we confess and... | |
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