 | 1845 - 518 Seiten
...live is Christ, and to die is gain. 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." This is what St. Paul asserts of himself. Now, how does he pray for his brethren the Thcssalonians... | |
 | 1845 - 460 Seiten
...poor, fatherless child. in. " For I am in a straight 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 lay as on the confines of three worlds. Life, death and sleep were there ; now this, now all ; Yet... | |
 | Ebenezer Prout - 1846 - 544 Seiten
...interesting addresses, a chief arose, and with great gravity said, " Mr. Williams, I have been reading to day what Paul wrote to the Philippians, ' I am in a strait...visit your native country, after so long an absence j this is very reasonable ; but don't you think, if Paul was willing to stay even out of heaven to... | |
 | 1846 - 656 Seiten
...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 be with Christ,...nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." A weighty sense of this upon his mind led him to cry unto God to spare him, seeing the perilous times... | |
 | Jan Hus, Emile de Bonnechose - 1846 - 270 Seiten
...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 : nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1846 - 522 Seiten
...the 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 ffl." If, after death, the soul sleep till the day of judgment, and that be all that is meant by being... | |
 | Jan Hus - 1846 - 260 Seiten
...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 : nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and... | |
 | Alexander Wilford Hall - 1846 - 518 Seiten
...Christ, and to die is gain ; — for I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to DF.PART and to BE WITH CHRIST, which is far better: nevertheless, to abide in the FLESH, is more needful for you." (Ph. 1. 20-24.) If this does not prove, that men must LABOR in this life, in order to be accepted of... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1846 - 690 Seiten
...reward and prolonged usefulness : " 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." We cannot construe this language into any meaning, if he were not convinced that he should be with... | |
 | Jacques Nouet - 1847 - 508 Seiten
...with great joy." " I am in a strait betwixt two," says St. Paul, " 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." What then fixes the Apostle's determination ? The Will of GOD, and the hope, that by his remaining... | |
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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 :... 
