 | Adam Empie - Universalism - 1825 - 156 pages
...vain talkers and deceivers, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not — and to hold fast the form of sound words,* which they have received — both pastors and people are addressed as follows : " Mark <: them which cause divisions, contrary... | |
 | Donald Fraser - 1831 - 656 pages
...Saviour, and the benevolence due to mankind. Even an enlightened legard to our own safety will prompt us to " contend Earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints," to ^'.confess Christ before men," and to f follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth." ' The tender and unceasing... | |
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1833 - 446 pages
...with Christian charity to obey inspired injunctions; and to 'hold fust the form of sound words,' ' to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints,' to keep the ' unity of the spirit,' and to abide in the ' fellowship of the apostles,' by submitting to... | |
 | Theology - 1838 - 864 pages
...applause — and at the expense of that courage and firmness of principle which ought to excite us to " contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints," to court the favour of a world that "passeth away" ? God forbid. Before offering the few remarks with... | |
 | 1838 - 860 pages
...applause — and at the expense of that courage and firmness of principle which ought to excite us to " contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints," to court the favour of a world that " passeth away" ? God forbid. Before offering the few remarks with... | |
 | Great Britain - 1843 - 600 pages
...impress upon her congregations the necessity and beauty of UNITY. To this end, the Epistle directs ui to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints, to avoid apostacy, and to escape those evils which will assuredly befal unbelievers and geceders. The... | |
 | James P. Miller - Presbyterian Church - 1839 - 524 pages
...commanded to " come out from among them and be separate." If it was otherwise, why are we commanded to " contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints ; to keep this commandment without blot." " Says the inspired apostle, ' If any man obey not our word, note... | |
 | Christian education - 1847 - 720 pages
...commanded to hold fast the form of sound words ; to prove all things, but hold fast that which is good; to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints ; to fight the good fight of faith, and endure to the end. The exhortation of Paul to Timothy — a young... | |
 | Religion - 1841 - 528 pages
...truth should then beware. Let them learn wisdom from the ages which have gone before them. Let them hold fast the form of sound words which they have received, and not be driven about by every wind of doctrine. ARTICLE XI. UPHAM'S MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. Elements of Mental... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1841 - 530 pages
...truth should then beware. Let them learn wisdom from the ages which have gone before them. Let them hold fast the form of sound words which they have received, and not be driven about by every wind of doctrine. ARTICLE XI. UFHAM'S MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. Elements of Mental... | |
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First, the writer exhorts his readers "to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints," "to remember the words of Christ's apostles," " to keep themselves in the love of God, looking for eternal life. 
