| Moses Stuart - 1834 - 188 pagine
...God, and his soul filled with the Holy Ghost, ask and pray amiss ? 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9, " For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee ; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly,... | |
| Robert Walker (Vicar of St. Winnow.) - 1834 - 232 pagine
...the abundance of the revelations, he should be exalted above measure. " For this thing," says he, " I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness."* In his first... | |
| Solomon Southwick - 1834 - 340 pagine
...mnketIi intercession for us, with growings which cannot be uttered. Rom. viii. 26. For this thing, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me: and he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9. For this cause I bow my knees unto the... | |
| Jesus Christ - 1835 - 92 pagine
...xii. 8, 9. we have an instance of the apostle's praying to Christ on his own account likewise. For this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And He said MY GRACE is sufficient for Ihee: for MY STRENGTH is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore... | |
| John Francis Cleaver - 1835 - 208 pagine
...BERKS. OXFORD, FOR JH PARKER; AND JG AND F. RIVINGTON, LONDON. l83-5. 2 COR. xii. 8, 9. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee ; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. IT would certainly... | |
| Joseph Jowett - 1835 - 344 pagine
...which strengtheneth you ! " 1 John viii. 44. SERMON XXIII. 2 CORINTHIANS xii. 8, 9. — For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness. ST. PAUL had... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - 1835 - 550 pagine
...Icaneth upon thy right hand. There is given unto me a thorn in the flesh to buffet me. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness Most gladly... | |
| Gregory Townsend Bedell, Stephen Higginson Tyng - 1835 - 584 pagine
...flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee ; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly,... | |
| Alexander Campbell - 1835 - 502 pagine
...me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. Concerning this, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. But he said to me, My favor is sufficient for you, besides, my power is perfected in weakness: —... | |
| Charles Grandison Finney - 1835 - 452 pagine
...another case often brought up, where the apostle Paul prayed against the thorn in the flesh. He says, " I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me." And God answered him, "My grace is sufficient for thee." It is the opinion of Dr. Clarke and others, that... | |
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