 | Jacques Saurin - Reformed Church - 1836 - 458 pages
...most advantageous for him, and a wish to live, which seems most beneficial to his family. He says, " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,...nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for yon," Phil. i. 23, 24. We are terrified at that crowd of dangers, in which we leave these dear parts... | |
 | Francis Augustus Cox - Bible - 1836 - 246 pages
...the value of life chiefly as a means of usefulness, Hear an apostle : " For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ...Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Apologetics - 1836 - 520 pages
...sleep of the soul is irreconcilable with the language of the apostle Paul : " I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ,...nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you20." If, after death, the soul sleep till the day of judgment, and that be all that is meant by... | |
 | A. C. L. D'Arblay (M.A., F.C.P.S.) - 1836 - 566 pages
...so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...yet what I shall choose I wot not; for I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better ; nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.' And, as we were going further, and reading the n've-andtwentieth verse, ' Having this confidence, I... | |
 | William Wollaston Pym - 1836 - 144 pages
...21, " For to me to die is gain ;" ver. 23, " For I am in a strait, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." These passages intimate, certainly, that to St. Paul at least, the departure from life would be one... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 328 pages
...now also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the...nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 324 pages
...absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. PHIL. 1: 21. For ine to live is Christ, but to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is...strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which i.-; far better ; nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 324 pages
...PHIL. 1: 21. For me to live is Christ, but to die is gain. But if I 260 RESURRECTION OF THE BODY. 267 live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor:...strait betwixt two, having a de-sire to depart and to be with Christ, which is fur better ; nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.... | |
 | John Williams - Missions - 1837 - 654 pages
...to-day what Paul wrote to the Philippians, ' I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better; nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.' Now we all know that you must wish to see your friends, and visit your native country, after so long... | |
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor ; yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better: nevertheless,... 
