 | 1822 - 814 Seiten
...insensibility. " I am in a strait," he says to the Philippians, " betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better: nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." * This is too plain to be misunderstood. Had he supposed that, die when he would, he must await the... | |
 | 1826 - 664 Seiten
...what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh, is more needful for you," Phil. i. 21—24. Had the Apostle known that he must have remained in a state of inactivity and uselessness,... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 618 Seiten
...am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, [the mere man I speak nf] which is far better, nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you :— That your rejoicing may be-more abundant in Jesus Christ [the same mere man] by my coming to you... | |
 | 1827 - 512 Seiten
...what I shall choose I wot not. 'For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better ; nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance... | |
 | 1825 - 688 Seiten
...the kingdom and people of Christ. " 1 am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh, is more needful for you." We cannot find a more strong expression of Christian love. Such was his lore of Christ, that death,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 340 Seiten
...language of the apostle Paul : " I am in a " strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to " be with Christ, which is far better: nevertheless, to " abide in the flesh is more needful for you." (#) If, after death, the soul steep till the day of judgment, and that be all that is meant by being... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 342 Seiten
...language of the apostle Paul :" I am in a " strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to " be with Christ, which is far better: nevertheless, to " abide in the flesh is more needful for you." (%) If, after death, the soul sleep till the day of judgment, and that be all that is meant by being... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1829 - 412 Seiten
...again, to the Philippians, he says, " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better : nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you :" i, 23. Lastly, it was long previously to his vision of the resurrection, and of the day of final... | |
 | Peter Lovett Fraser - 1829 - 310 Seiten
...I shall choose I wot not : " for I am in a strait betwixt two, having a " desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; " which is far better : nevertheless to abide " in the flesh is more needful for you g ." Thus, then, might each of our Saviour's Apostles say with peculiar strength and propriety, " For... | |
 | Thomas Huntingford - 1829 - 530 Seiten
...that excluded them from it. VI. " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you*." When the apostle speaks here of his " abiding in the flesh," and his " departing from the flesh," he... | |
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better :... 
