 | 1877 - 588 pages
...conscious state apart from the body. To the same purpose is Paul's statement to the Philippians : " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better." Granting that this expression might have been used subjectively,... | |
 | Christianity - 1809 - 454 pages
...thee. My soul thirsieth •or God, for the living God, when shall I come and appear before him." " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be wiih Christ, which is far better." For it i* more desirable to be where he ¡ч clearly seen... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 540 pages
...be united again. He signifies the same thing in his epistle to the Philippians, chap. i. 22, 23. " But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of iriy Ia86r; . Yetlrhat I shaH choose, I wot not. For I tint in a stratt'' between two ; having a desire... | |
 | John Bevans - Religious education of children - 1810 - 134 pages
...my body, whether it be by life or by death. 21. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose, I wot not. 23. For 1 am in. a strait between two, haying a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 574 pages
...to live is 21 E|tfOt yap TO £»IV, XptChrist, and to die i» gain. 5-05, xat To Eire but «T£ 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose, I wot not. 22 Et &£ TO fov £V dapToi/ro jt/Oi xapCTog xal ri ov the Jewish Messiah, sincerely intending to bring... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - Sermons, English - 1810 - 550 pages
...iv. 6. where ara/.utrewf occurs, and yet . (Ver. 22.) " But, if I live in the flesh, (proceeds he,) this is the fruit of my labour : yet what I shall choose, I wot not." These words of the apostle may thus be more justly given in English. — " But whether this life in... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Phil. i. 23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better. With Acts iii. 2 1 . Whom the heaven must receive, until the times... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 406 pages
...by telling us " that he dwelt there two whole years in his own hired house." No. VI. Chap. i. 23. " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better." With this compare 2 Cor. chap. v. 8. " We are confident and willing... | |
 | Robert Trail - 1810 - 530 pages
...ver^. is immediately. attended with a state of presence with the Lord ! And in Phil, i. 23. he says, For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ. Departing and being wsth Christ, are joined together, as inseparable. As soon as Paul... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Sermons, English - 1810 - 538 pages
...desire to ' live for; and as to death, I know that, that too will ' be my gain, my greatest gain!' " For if I live in the '' flesh, this is the fruit of my labour," (or this is worth my while) " yet what I shall choose 1 wot not: " for I have a desire," (an ardent... | |
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 
