Lectures on st. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians |
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... referred specially to the Father and peace to the Son , for other Scriptures attribute these blessings in- differently to both . The meaning is , that grace and peace flow equally from the Father and the Son : they are both equally the ...
... referred specially to the Father and peace to the Son , for other Scriptures attribute these blessings in- differently to both . The meaning is , that grace and peace flow equally from the Father and the Son : they are both equally the ...
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... referred to the genitive , the Greek particle ( Te ) should have come before and Father , which hypercritical finesse is refuted by 1 Pet . ii . 25 , and other similar passages . But why all this labour and toil to avoid the idea that ...
... referred to the genitive , the Greek particle ( Te ) should have come before and Father , which hypercritical finesse is refuted by 1 Pet . ii . 25 , and other similar passages . But why all this labour and toil to avoid the idea that ...
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... refer to states , blessings , or anything else , as well as places , and expositors have been divided on the question since the apostolic age . Beza thinks we should give no decision on the subject ; yet , I feel persuaded that the idea ...
... refer to states , blessings , or anything else , as well as places , and expositors have been divided on the question since the apostolic age . Beza thinks we should give no decision on the subject ; yet , I feel persuaded that the idea ...
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... refers to the Church ; predestination refers to the Church , and the world , and the whole universe . It is a general , all - embracing principle . He elected us that we should be holy , and to accomplish this He predestined us to the ...
... refers to the Church ; predestination refers to the Church , and the world , and the whole universe . It is a general , all - embracing principle . He elected us that we should be holy , and to accomplish this He predestined us to the ...
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... refers , as all mediation must do , to both sides or parties . God reaches us through Christ , and through Christ we have access to God ; the power , glory , majesty , and love of God enter into Him in the measure of Godhead , and reach ...
... refers , as all mediation must do , to both sides or parties . God reaches us through Christ , and through Christ we have access to God ; the power , glory , majesty , and love of God enter into Him in the measure of Godhead , and reach ...
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Page 129 - That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world...
Page 34 - in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will: "that we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Page 1 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ : according as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in. love : having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the Beloved.
Page 188 - Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 73 - Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Page 222 - There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling ; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Page 222 - For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into...
Page 263 - ... but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ : From whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.
Page 78 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death : One army of the living God, To His command we bow ; Part of His host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
Page 371 - God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints...