| Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 558 pages
...be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. To me to live is Christ, and to die gain. I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better." How could the Apostle, when absent from the body be present... | |
| William Jones, William Stevens - Theology - 1826 - 446 pages
...he was in a prison at Rome for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ: with allusion to which he says, If I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour. I was appointed a teacher of the Gentiles, to turn them from the power of Satan unto God. I have preached... | |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...Josus said unto liiro, Verily I say unto thee,To-day shall thou be with me in paradise. Phil. i. 23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Chaut ;. which is far better.. 86. ¡ Heb. xii. 23. To the general assembly and church of the... | |
| William Bacon - Salvation - 1827 - 168 pages
...know that this shall turn to my salvation." — " To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." — " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better." Phil. i. 19,21, 23. See also Rom. viii. 38, 39. Here, then, is... | |
| Jacques Saurin - Sermons, French - 1827 - 522 pages
...most advantageous for him, and a wish to live, which seems most beneficial to his family. He says, ' I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far belter j nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you,'... | |
| Eli Meeker - Bibliography - 1827 - 410 pages
...truth very fully, in his address to the Philippians. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. When the Apostle says, "For me to live is Christ;" he implicitly... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 688 pages
...I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. PHIL. i. 23: I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better. 1 THES. iv. 17: Then we which are alive and remain shall be... | |
| 1828 - 828 pages
...my body, whether it be by life, or by death: 31 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 I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 pages
...body, Mhether it be by life, or by death. 1 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 I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far... | |
| Walter Balfour - Eschatology - 1828 - 374 pages
...the probability is, according to Mr. Hudson's doctrine, that Judas is now in heaven. Phil. 1: 23, " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better." When Paul wrote this he was a prisoner at Rome and it was uncertain... | |
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