 | Saint John Chrysostom, W. C. Cotton - Bible - 1843 - 598 pages
...obtain those good things to come :u Christ Jesus our Lord, to Whom, &c. HOMILY IV. PHIL. i. 22—26. Yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait...nevertheless, to abide in the fles,h is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance... | |
 | Saint John Chrysostom, W. C. Cotton - Bible - 1843 - 596 pages
...Christ Jesus our Lord, to Whom, &c. 23 i 1 (1) 'Gr. «oul T«x«•. HOMILY IV. PHIL. i. 22—26. J^et what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait...which is far better: nevertheless, to abide in the fleith is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue... | |
 | James Madison MacDonald - Heaven - 1856 - 316 pages
...impossible to be present with the Lord, without the body. In another epistle, he uses this language, "I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to...nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you."2 How could language more clearly prove that the righteous, at death, go immediately into the... | |
 | Albert Hofstadter, Richard Kuhns - Philosophy - 2009 - 730 pages
...cannot be deterred by the loss of temporal things or death in any form, when it has strength to say, "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire...nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you" (Philipp, i M'24 ) . This conformation, affectio, by which the soul has no dread of any adversities,... | |
 | Martyn Lloyd-Jones - Religion - 1986 - 228 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 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,... | |
 | John R. Rice - Religion - 2000 - 568 pages
...the Philippians, Paul, after telling of great blessing on his preaching of the Gospel in Rome, said, "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire...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... | |
 | Ann Livermore - Art - 1988 - 190 pages
...'cannot be deterred by the loss of temporal things or death in any form, when it has strength to say: «For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire...abide in the flesh is more needful for you...»'. There follows that discussion as to whether the four virtues will be needed in heaven and the conclusion... | |
 | Reference - 1993 - 842 pages
...But if l live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what l shall choose l wot not. For l am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,...Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, l know that l shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 422 pages
...choose now rather To send thee th' cabinet and pearl together. PHILIPPIANS 1:21-23 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 labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,... | |
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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,... 
