| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 pages
...of this dog, to which he seems to think these words may refer. DODDRIDGE in he. No. 548. — iii. 8. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.] In that tempest to which St. Paul was a witness, and by which he was exposed to such imminent danger,... | |
| Thomas Scott - Religion - 1808 - 586 pages
...their sins have been. Hence it is that St. Paul uses such decisive language on this subject : " What things were gain '" to me, those I counted loss for...count them but dung, that I " may win Christ, and be found in him; not hav" ing mine own righteousness, which is of the " law, but that which is of the... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...And the life, which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God. Phil. iii. 7, 8. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss...for Christ. Yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, and do count them but dung that... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...And the life, which I now live in thp flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of Go4' Phil. iii. 7, 8. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss...for Christ. Yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge cf Christ Jesus my Lord, and do count them but dung that... | |
| Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...With what a noble triumph' does he declare to the Philippians the effects of his conversion ! " What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I haye suffered the... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1808 - 586 pages
...sins have been. ''1•' Hence it is that St. Paul uses such decisive language on this subject : " What things were gain " to me, those I counted loss for Christ : yea, " doubtless and I count all things but loss for the " excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus " my Lord, for whom I have suffered... | |
| Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 428 pages
...concerning zeal, persecuting the ehurch ; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Tea, doubtless, and I count all things but lots for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...the prescriptions of the law, as that no man could tax me for the breach or violation thereof. III. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. But those things, which, while I was a Jew, I accounted as rare and excellent prerogatives, those now,... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...which neither can be decayed by time, nor altered with cross events ! Hear the Chosen Vessel : What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ: yea, doubtless, I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord ; for whom... | |
| Congregational churches - 1809 - 612 pages
...our Lord Jesus Christ, by •whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world." Again, " What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ....count them but dung, that I may win Christ and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which -U. through the... | |
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