 | 1830 - 454 pagine
..." that he had made himself servant unto all, that he might gain the more souls to Christ ; that he was made all things to all men, that he might by all means save some." But here is the excellence of Christian compliance, that it regards the favour of men, not as an end,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 544 pagine
...ends ; but not for carnal self. When Paul looked at God's honour and the good of souls, he " became all things to all men that he might by all means save some ;" and this he did, not for self but for the Gospel's sake, and yet for himself in subordination to... | |
 | Rev. Charles BRIDGES - 1830 - 696 pagine
...men, and promote their spiritual welfare ; administering instruction, reproof, consolation; " becoming all things to all men, that he might by all means save some ; " always on the watch for opportunities of seasonably interposing the great truths and warnings of... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 548 pagine
...ends ; but not for carnal self. When Paul looked at God's honour and the good of souls, he " became all things to all men that he might by all means save some ;" and this he did, not for self but for the Gospel's sake, and yet for himself in subordination to... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 602 pagine
...gainsay. His practice here is agreeable to what he saith of himself, 1 Cor. ix. 22. •• that he became all things to all men, that he might by all means save some/' He not only to the weak became as weak, that he might gain the weak ; but to the wise he became as... | |
 | John Pearson - 1832 - 652 pagine
...provoked to emulation them, which were his flesh, that he might save some of them ;" (Rom. xi. 14.) and '' was made all things to all men, that he might by all means save some." (1 Cor. ix. 22.) He exhorted " Timothy to take heed unto himself, and unto the doctrine, and continue... | |
 | 1832 - 510 pagine
...He studied character and capacity ; he sought out acceptable and suitable expressions; he became " all things to all men, that he might by all means save some." It was extraordinary to those who knew him only superficially, that one of his reserved and retiring... | |
 | 1832 - 208 pagine
...the altars at which they performed their devotion, and from their own poets. In this sense he became all things to all men, that he might, by all means, save some. He knew that the truth would not be received unless it was understood; and that it would most proba~... | |
 | William Stephen Gilly - 1833 - 374 pagine
...was his " wisdom to win souls," making himself" servant unto all, that he might gain the more," " and all things to all men, that he might by all means save some." THE END. GILBERT & RIVINGTON, Printers, St. John's Square. fToeWtijtiHsu YA ... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1833 - 320 pagine
...but a shadow when unaccompanied by religious affections. St. Paul, like his divine master became ' all things to all men, that he might by all means save some.' ' Never,' .says an English writer,* ' was man more deeply versed than he, in the knowledge of the ways... | |
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To the weak he became as weak, that he might gain the weak : and was made all things to all men, that he might by all means save some. 
