| Benjamin Hanbury - Congregationalism - 1844 - 686 pages
...men for it, who are men that have received gifts from Him that ascended up on high, and gave gifts ' for the work of the ministry ' and ' for the edifying of the body of Christ,1* It hath taken care, we hope, for the expulsion of all those who may be judged anyway... | |
| 1867 - 826 pages
...some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the body of Christ." This truth is denied or forgotten by many at the present day, so that the minister... | |
| Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1845 - 460 pages
...men for it, who are men that have "received gifts from Him that ascended up on high, and gave gifts" for the work of the Ministry, and for the edifying of the Body of Christ. The Government hath also taken care, we hope, for the expulsion [Commission of Expurgation,... | |
| William Trollope - 1846 - 142 pages
...God's word and Sacraments, and of performing what is necessary " for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the body of Christ" (Eph. iv. 12.). This power, in accordance with the Saviour's promise to be "with the... | |
| 1847 - 624 pages
...themselves the servants of the church for Christ's sake ; they are sent for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the hody of Christ. (To he continued.) apmtual Œfunge SJUu.otntteïr im ŒJûïtWc ®b)>ct#. THE CORN-LAW... | |
| 1848 - 734 pages
...church, was — apostles, pastors, and teachers, whom the Lord gave " for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry," and " for the edifying of the body of Christ." (Eph. ir. 12.) This trine of functions in the christian ministry, is also indicated... | |
| 1848 - 614 pages
...some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers ; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the body of Christ " (Eph. iv. 11, \'£). Some of these offices have ceased, but we find, from the sacred... | |
| Gardiner Spring - Church group work - 1849 - 476 pages
...of the case, and in order to accomplish its object, which was, " For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the body of Christ." This object could not be accomplished if the commission expired with the lives of... | |
| John Angell James - Birmingham (England) - 1849 - 302 pages
...prophets, and some evangelists, and R some pastors, and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the body of Christ;" — was not to be restricted to the Primitive Church, but was intended to continue... | |
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