 Forasmuch as ye 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.  The Christian Disciple - Page 2611819Full view - About this book
 | rev James Inglis - 1861 - 550 pages
...free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 2 Cor. 3.3. Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not...tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 18. We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same... | |
 | Michael Ragussis - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 279 pages
...ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, write not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the heart.. . . [F]or the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life" (II Cor. 3:3-6). Dickens uses "the great... | |
 | Robert E. Picirilli - Religion - 1987 - 454 pages
...epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not...tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: There was one "letter" of commendation that Paul... | |
 | George Herbert - Poetry - 1991 - 500 pages
...in 2 Corinthians 3:3, as cited in the note to line 3, 'Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not...tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.' 13 hold my peace Luke 19:40, where Christ rebukes the Pharisees, 'I tell you that, if these [referring... | |
 | Kathleen M. Swaim - Christian fiction, English - 1993 - 390 pages
...context, St. Paul equates believers with texts to be read: "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not...tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart" (3.3). For Paul interpretive sufficiency derives not from the reader but from God (3.5), and what the... | |
 | Averil Cameron - Religion - 2023 - 284 pages
...in word, but in power." 7 As he puts it elsewhere, his writings are "written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." 8 The very nature of the scriptural texts laid down the manner of subsequent Christian writing; inevitably... | |
 | Robert A. Erickson - Literary Collections - 1997 - 304 pages
...epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not...tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart" (2 Cor. 3.2-3). He later exclaims, "O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged... | |
 | Religion - 1999 - 462 pages
...understanding also. 1 Corinthians 14:14-15 KJV 242.12 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not...tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think... | |
 | Sandra M. Gustafson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 320 pages
...identified the Corinthians themselves as a text, "written in our hearts . . . 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. 3:2-3). Such living texts became possible only through "ministers of the new testament; not... | |
 | David G. Hartwell - Fiction - 2000 - 516 pages
...second epistle to the Corinthians: an epistle, according to the text, "written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." All he had to say in reply was: "I told you that you'd want to be here. This is Apollo reborn, Theseus... | |
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