 | Michael Ferrebee Sadler - 1879 - 482 pages
...5—8). The second, " See that ye abound in this grace " (that of benevolent consideration for others), for " ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,...through His poverty might be rich" (2 Cor. viii. 9). places — suffice it to remind ourselves respecting the first, that it is not the mere human meekness... | |
 | Charles Henry Mackintosh - 1880 - 412 pages
...connection with the great or the noble. He was preeminently a poor man. He took His place with the poor. — "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that...through His poverty might be rich." (2 Cor. viii. 9.) May it ever be our joy to feed upon this precious grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which we have... | |
 | Charles Adolphus Row - 1879 - 512 pages
...and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that...through his poverty might be rich." (2 Cor. viii. 7, 9.) Similarly also, they must have been in possession of an account of his actions, which depicted... | |
 | 1879 - 104 pages
...threatened not ; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously. 1 Pet. 2. 23. 21 As Self-denying: For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,...that ye through His poverty might be rich. 2 Cor. 8. 9. Aa Messenger of the Covenant: The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even... | |
 | Robert MacDonald - 1879 - 710 pages
...cottage, this earth, be proud of it, that the Lord of glory was its tenant from his birth to his death." For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,...poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. — 2 COB. viii. 9. All things that the Father hath are mine. — JOHN xvi. 15. Foxes have holes, and birds... | |
 | Archibald Macdougall - 1880 - 408 pages
...— Romans viii. 31, 32. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. — Romans xi. 29. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,...poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. — 2 Corinthians viii. 9. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. — 2 Corinthians ix. 1 5 For by... | |
 | Ferdinand Piper, Henry Mitchell MacCracken - 1880 - 492 pages
...died for me." • There was repeated to him, at his request, the text of one of his last sermons : " For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,...poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich " (2 Corinthians viii. 9). He responded, saying, " That is the foundation, the only foundation, than which... | |
 | Thulia Susannah Engall - 1881 - 472 pages
...will, and to teach it ; for Jesus says, " the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." " For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,...that ye, through His poverty, might be rich." — 2 COBINTHIANS viii. 9. TOTJ "know" the gospel -story well. There is no need to tell you how Jesus, who... | |
 | Catherine Pennefather - 1881 - 216 pages
...the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich." (2 Cor. viii. 9.) He who was the Life and Light came down for us into the darkness ; became not only poor, but actually... | |
 | Charles Russell Hurditch - 1884 - 888 pages
...little fox of selfishness. A niggardly Christian is a disgrace, and very unlike the Great Example ; " for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who,...through His poverty might be rich" (2 Cor. viii. 9). Faithfulness is scrupulous conscientiousness toward God and man. The Christian who is not faithful... | |
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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 
