 | Longxi Zhang - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 280 pages
...spirit of Christian faith, declaring that the epistle of Christ was "written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart" (2 Cor. 3:3), he was concerned not so much with positing an exegetical... | |
 | Alan T. Levenson, Roger C. Klein - History - 2006 - 256 pages
...Furthermore, if, according to the saying of the Apostle in 2 Cor. iii. 3, they possessed "the Epistle of Christ, written not with ink, but with the Spirit...the living God, not in tables of stone, but in the fleshy tables of the heart," let them cease to worship the letter, and be so anxious concerning it.... | |
 | Douglas Wilson - Family & Relationships - 2009 - 173 pages
...are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. . . . Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech.... | |
 | Robert Edward Bartlett - Religion - 2006 - 229 pages
...obedience. They themselves were his only letter of commendation — a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God ; not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh. But it is in no spirit of self-exaltation or self-sufficiency that... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - Philosophy - 2007 - 429 pages
...Furthermore, if, according to the saying of the Apostle la 2 Cor. lii. 8, they possessed " the Epistle of Christ, written not with ink, but with the Spirit...the living God, not in tables of stone, but in the fleshy tables of the heart," let them cease to worship the letter, and be so anxious concerning it.... | |
 | George Herbert - Literary Collections - 2007 - 47 pages
...Christ is also the 'letter' in the sense of an epistle sent; see 2 Corinthians iii 3: 'the epistle of Christ . . . written not with ink, but with the...of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart'. Further, there is a pun on 'letter' as 'one who lets loose', identified... | |
 | Alexander Roberts - Religion - 2007 - 616 pages
...same Epistle, " That ye are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, inscribed not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart." 8 If, therefore, in the present time, fleshly hearts are made partakers of the Spirit, what is there... | |
 | St Thomas Aquinas - Religion - 2013 - 1310 pages
...doctrine, which is the law of the spirit of life (Rom. yiii. 2), had to be written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart, as the Apostle says (2 Cor. iii. 3). Reply Obj. 3. Those who were unwilling to believe what the apostles... | |
 | William H. Wallender - Religion - 2007 - 286 pages
...are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshy tables of the heart. Paul said in Romans 7 that he could not live the law without help. But... | |
 | David Gaddy - Religion - 2007 - 352 pages
...are known, how that ye are the pistel of Christ, ministered by us and written, not with ink: but with the spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 4 Such trust have we thorow Christ to Godward, 5 not that we are sufficient... | |
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