 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 pages
...represented to us, and presented before us. In both these respects Christ is called, The image of God. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord ; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. In these words our apostle further manifests his fidelity and integrity in preaching the... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1833 - 702 pages
...minister who asked his advice,) " preach Christ, brother." It is the language of all faithful ministers, r []x C M /k> 7 0).a "zw # ӭ* { }m D < q O/ g xn J P` s )jO It is the character of Christians, that they have learned Christ :' but how shall they learn him, if... | |
 | Henry Bennet Brewster - 1833 - 202 pages
...superior knowledge of more able writers. A learned and highly esteemed author, thus speaks : " For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." 2 Cor. iv. 5. The text supposes that there were those who preached themselves, in room... | |
 | William M'Gavin - 1833 - 808 pages
...as his slaves ; but the really Christian teacher comes as a servant to his fellow-creatures : — " We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake ;" and every such faithful preacher desires to find his Christian brethren an intelligent... | |
 | Samuel W. Lynd - 1834 - 326 pages
...ministrations. Study attentively the character of that illustrious model, who said to his hearers ; ' We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake.' " Pay strict attention to the affections of the heart. Send into everlasting exile the... | |
 | John Codman - 1834 - 462 pages
...lest the, light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. In the antithetical language of the text, preaching ourselves is contrasted with preaching... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 636 pages
...lest the light of the glorious Gospel of CHRIST, who is the image of Go», should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but CHRIST JESUS the Lord ; and ourselves your servants for JESUS' sake. For GOD, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,... | |
 | 1835 - 604 pages
...lest the light of the glorious Gospel of CHRIST, who is the image of GOD, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but CHRIST JESUS the Lord; and ourselves your servants for JESUS' sake. For GOD, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,... | |
 | 1835 - 664 pages
...what he had suffered and done in his Master's service. What they say of one part of their office, " we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake," is applicable to the whole of their character. The humility of the apostles appears also... | |
 | 1835 - 612 pages
...and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every mau?"| " For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." 2 Cor. iv. 5. All the authority he exercised over them was purely of a spiritual nature,... | |
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For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 
