 My grace is sufficient for thee : for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...  The Biblical Repertory and Theological Review - Page 355edited by - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 626 pages
...."£ But the Christian is not appalled with, nor ashamed of, the cross of Christ ; nay, " he takes pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake," 2 Cor. xii. 10; he even glories in the cross, and in the marks of the Lord Jesus, || as much as an... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Atheism - 1826 - 284 pages
...by resting all our burthen upon God. St. Paul says, " I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake — for, when I -am weak, then am I strong" in Him. 8. God has condescended to call himself a faithful and a just God towards his creatures... | |
 | John Dennant - 1826 - 350 pages
...privileges, and have received the gospel in faith and love, and with joy of the Holy Ghost. They have taken pleasure " in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake, and have taken joyfully the spoiling of their goods." Yea, they have welcomed imprisonment and death,... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 618 pages
...gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ [the power of a mere man !] may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, &c. for Christ's sake, [that is, for the sake of a mere man !] for when I am weak, then [through the... | |
 | John Worthington - 1826 - 206 pages
...So far was he from living a self-pleasing life, that, if he pleased himself in any thing, it was " in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake."e So far was he from impatience and shrinking at those disposals of providence, that he "rejoiced... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 pages
...unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that...distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am weak, then am I strong. o2 I .•EH* PRAYERS OF THE APOSTLES FOR THE CHURCHES. THE PRAYERS OF ST. PAUL FOR THE CHURCH... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...me ; My grace is sufficient for thee ; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly 359 therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that...distresses for Christ's sake ; for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become a fool in glorying ; ye have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended... | |
 | 1827 - 524 pages
...unto me ; JMy grace is sufficient for thee ; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that...pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, hi persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 pages
...now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. « 2 COR. xii. 10: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,...persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am wea&, then am I strong. JAMES, i. 12 : Blessed is the man that endureth temptation : for when he is... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 pages
...'-Hellenists. Hum. Whit. We. Pu. in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy. do. xii. 10 : I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in...in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake. PHIL. ii. 17 : If I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with... | |
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