| Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit,' etc. (1 Cor. ii. 14). The same Paul elsewhere denies that we are 'sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves' (2 Cor. iii. 5). Now, it is evident that the mind or understanding is the guide of the will ; and,... | |
| John Flavel - Conversion - 1689 - 412 pages
...neither indeed can be." Rom. 8:7. "How can ye, being evil, speak good things." Matt. 12 : 34. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. 3 : 5. How fallen then is man, who can neither believe nor obey, speak a good word... | |
| George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...religious duties. " Without me," said Christ, "ye can do nothing :" and St. Paul says, " We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ;" that is, we have it by actual supplies of the Holy Ghost. Christ is present, by his Spirit,... | |
| 1842
...can be found more completely self-renouncing in this respect, than the declaration of St. Paul? " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of God.'' (2 Cor. iii. 5.) The right way to view a Christian, is, to regard him as a man whose wisdom... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...God ; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables trust have we through Christ to God- ward : s Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency isof God ; 6 Who.also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of... | |
| John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...discharge all the functions of the holy ministry: "Such trust have we through Christ to God-ward : not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able wvvnister-s of the new Testament ; not of the letter, but of the... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward : 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; rot of the letter, but of the... | |
| William Giles - Christian life - 1804 - 280 pages
...only joyfully receives, but gratefully confides in the divine testimony. • If, therefore, we are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God : If faith be his gift, and no man can come to Christ except the Father draw him : If, without... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Religion - 1807 - 604 pages
...affairs that I have sufficient natural faculties for, unless God should smile upon my attempt. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing, as of ourselves/' I saw was a sacred truth. Friday, Oct. 26. In the morning, my soul was melted with a sense of divine... | |
| David Low Dodge - Christianity - 1808 - 156 pages
...dtrect his steps." Our Saviour says, " For without me, ye can do nothing." The apostle declares, " not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God." "For it is in him we live, move, and have our being." " The preparations of the heart in man,... | |
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