...abandons all hope of a restoration to the free exercise of his apostolic functions, but says expressly, " I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand." It would appear, therefore, that the sentence of death had been already passed upon him ;...

...salvation." Thus the Apostle Paul, in the near prospect of death, exclaims in the language of triumph, " I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith ; henceforth...

...brilliancy and force of gospel truth. St. Paul was confessedly more in the ascendant when he exclaimed, " I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand," &c. ; and hence is inferred, that every Christian is called upon to possess such preparation...

...PAUL, whether his justification and predestination were revealed to him." How then could Paul say, " I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand, dec. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous...

...perceived then the time of his martyrdom to be near at hand. For in the same epistle before, he saith, " I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my dissolution draweth on." Thus, then, this worthy preacher and messenger of the Lord, in the fourteenth...

...i\. and 6th verse, demonstrates the supporting efficacy of his faith in Jesus Christ : " For now am I ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand." It is probable that he soon after received that abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom...

...their memories could serve them to write them down soon after. ' I am going the way of all flesh ; I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand ; knowing, therefore, that shortly I must put off this tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ...

...son Timothy, I would have you consider all these things, and the Lord give you understanding for I am ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand. By Paul being ready, means several things, he means he is near the time of death, he also...

...; but on the contrary, Paul speaks with exultation of the prospect before him ; for he exclaims, " I am now ready to be offered up and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there...

...; but on the contrary, Paul speaks with exultation of the prospect before him ; for he exclaims, " I am now ready to be offered up and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there...