 | General Association of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts - 1876 - 912 pages
...Christians now — we shall need them in the next generation — who not only have a hope, but are " ready always to give answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in them," and who will " continue in the faith grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope... | |
 | Alfred Plummer - 1884 - 252 pages
...either case each completes the other. Sound faith is intelligent ; sound knowledge is believing. We must be ' ready always, to give answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in us' (i Pet. iii. 15). This verse is a fulfilment of the conclusion of Christ's High-Priestly prayer;... | |
 | John (st.) - 1884 - 252 pages
...either case each completes the other. Sound faith is intelligent ; sound knowledge is believing. We must be ' ready always to give answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in us' (1 Pet. iii. 15). This verse is a fulfilment of the conclusion of Christ's High-Priestly prayer... | |
 | Justin Almerin Smith - 1887 - 382 pages
...reenforces faith but makes it intelligent. Doubtless we should be " ready," as an apostle exhorts, "to give answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in us." The misfortune is that the " meekness and fear " enjoined in the same connection are so often... | |
 | Alfred Plummer - 1889 - 244 pages
...either case each completes the other. Sound faith is intelligent ; sound knowledge is believing. We must be ' ready always to give answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in us '( I Pet. iii. 15). This verse is a fulfilment of the conclusion of Christ's High-Priestly prayer;... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Henry Wace - 1893 - 590 pages
...been redeemed with the blood of your Lord ? Is this what you have learnt from the Apostles' precept to be * " ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you " ? Suppose we do, as you pretend, seek occasion, and... | |
 | Henry Reuben Rose - 1894 - 262 pages
..."Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God." St. Peter says, "Be ready always to give answer to every man that...asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in you." If Jesus nowhere explicitly tells men to rely upon their reason in determining God's truth, he nowhere... | |
 | Emanuel Vogel Gerhart - 1894 - 986 pages
...character. The results confirm faith and energize the Christian life, empowering pastor and layman to give answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in them. A superficial or defective theology sooner or later begets a defective or false proclamation... | |
 | Leander Whitcomb Munhall - 1896 - 264 pages
...wiles of error ; " that they may be " Rooted and builded up in Him and stablished by faith ; " and " Ready always to give answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in them." No one can be more sensible than the author, of the imperfect character of this work. . It has... | |
 | First Baptist Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.) - 1901 - 74 pages
...Articles of Baptist Faith. It is enjoined upon Christ's people that they be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in them (I Peter iii, 15). And Paul enjoins young Timothy, not only that he take heed unto himself, bat... | |
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