 | William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 474 pages
...are none inconsistent with it. Passages to this effect are, first, Luke xii. 47. The servant which knew his Lord's will and prepared not himself, neither...worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. Here different degrees of punishment are plainly asserted. Both were evil doers, but in a different... | |
 | James Marsh - Theology - 1830 - 946 pages
...great guilt, will expose to great punishment. Accordingly our Saviour predicts, That the servant which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither...did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with lew stripes, Luke 12. 47. 48. Unactive knowledge is worse than ignorance. For this reason the... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 516 pages
...break through. "He that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is ein. And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither...have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Upon this principle it is easy to see that there is not, there cannot be a wretch upon the globe so... | |
 | Bible - 1831 - 298 pages
...UNCERTAIN DATE. 249 LUKE XII. his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did accord48 ing to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; but he that...•« committed much, of him they will ask the more. I am come to send fire on the earth ; and how I wish that it were so already kindled ! But I have a... | |
 | Bible - 1831 - 288 pages
...servant which knew LUKE XII. his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did accord48 ing to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; but he that...him shall be much required ; and to whom men have 49 committed much, of him they will ask the more. I am come to send fire on the earth ; and bow I wish... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester - Universalism - 1831 - 316 pages
...weight and measure. — Let us hear what our Lord, has said upon the subject. St. Luke xii, 47, 48. "And that servant who knew his Lord's will and prepared...worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with FEW stripes; fbr unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to. whom men have committed much,... | |
 | Daniel S. Udrescu - Business & Economics - 2002 - 282 pages
...expectations coupled with a strong personal commitment will carry you through. In Luke 12:48 it is said that "But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy...have committed much, of him they will ask the more," We need to have a proper attitude toward our abilities especially when we act as leaders. Watchful... | |
 | John R. Rice - Eschatology - 2000 - 40 pages
...opportunity which a sinner has, the greater his punishment will be if he rejects it. "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither...have committed much, of him they will ask the more" (Luke 12:47, 48). Hell will certainly be hotter for some than for others. God always does right. We... | |
 | Carolyn J. Baker - Religion - 2003 - 366 pages
...the whole world and ruins or forfeits (loses) himself? [AMP] Luke 12:47-48 And that servant, which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither...have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke 14:26-27 If any man corne to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,... | |
 | Don Harris - Religion - 2003 - 506 pages
...will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him Ms portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither...required: and to whom men have committed much, of Mm they will ask me more. I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?"... | |
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