 | 1831 - 456 pagine
...v. 16— fl Cor. iii. 16— J Rom, viii, 26. bf rs of your households — for " godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Still another of those duties, iu the performance of which our forefathers were scrupulously... | |
 | Hannah More - 1830 - 536 pagine
...none. He soon found out that there was some meaning in that text which says, that Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that -which is to come : for the same principles which make a man sober and honest have also a natural tendency to... | |
 | 1830 - 454 pagine
...us in the Gospel, in this life : to show the truth of the Apostle's words, that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come : to see whether there may not be contained in it all the comforts of righteousness, peace,... | |
 | James Fisher - 1831 - 408 pagine
...spintual good? , A. It respects temporal good, to show that godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come, 1 Tim. iv. 8. Q. 2. What is the temporal good here promised? A. It is [long life]; in these... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1832 - 240 pagine
...life with an humble submission to the tvill of God. Lord, thou hast told us that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come k ; and that if we seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, other things... | |
 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 542 pagine
...where it is faithfully and thoroughly ' Ephes. vi. 13. s 2 Cor. vi. 7. VOL. II. C received. It "has the promise of the life " that now is, as well as of that which is to "come 1 ." Not only will its future recompense exceed all that we can ask or think; but, during... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1899 - 328 pagine
...and brethren, and friendships ; now, in this time — so truly does the Gospel bear within itself the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Indeed, its second promise only grows out of, and follows in the same line of blessing with,... | |
 | 1900 - 470 pagine
...laughter and applause.) You desire it from the highest motives; and godliness is profitable in all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come; but if there were no hereafter, and if man had no progress in this life, and if there were... | |
 | 1900 - 526 pagine
...laughter and applause.) You desire it from the highest motives ; andgodliness is profitable in all things, having the promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come ; but if there were no hereafter, and if man had no progress in this life, and if there were... | |
 | John Vyrnwy Morgan - 1900 - 602 pagine
...that " Godliness is profitable ", let it be proven that it is " unto all things ", and that it has " promise of the life that now is ", as well as of " that which is to come ". The whole secret of favorable conditions and resuits in revivals as related to the Church,... | |
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... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come. 
