 | Martin Luther - 1826 - 1184 pages
...should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." And Paul saith, describing these, Gal. vi. 15, " For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature." For the Word of the Gospel does not look at the doings, but at the doer ; nor does it look at the gifts,... | |
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 700 pages
...foregoing, ver. 14, 15. ' God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesds Christ; for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature ; and as many as walk according unto this rule,' that is, the rule of faith in Christ alone for justi... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pages
...same. No outward privileges or advantages are sufficient of themselves to bring us to heaven ; for " in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature:" nor will baptism, or any other Gospel privileges do us any good, without a true faith, and the answer... | |
 | William Laurence Brown - Christianity and other religions - 1826 - 350 pages
...salvation depends, through the mediation of Christ, on the habits and temper of a regenerate mind. " For, in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature."1* What is then to be justified, both in a Jewish and in a Christian sense ? It is to be... | |
 | William Cogswell - Families - 1827 - 558 pages
...14. Follow peace with all men; and holiness, without which no man shall sec the Lord. Gal. 6. 15. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. Rom. 8. 7, 8. I'ecause the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God,... | |
 | 1827 - 524 pages
...cross of our Lord Jesus Christ ; by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mtTcy, and upon the Israel of God.... | |
 | John Owen - Bibliography - 1827 - 404 pages
...obedience. The apostle Paul also plainly distinguishes between the outward ordinances and regeneration : " In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature." Gal. vi. 15. By circumcision, he intends the whole system of Mosaical ordinances ; and by uncircumcision,... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 546 pages
...uncircumcision ; but faith, which worketh by love." And afterwards, in the same epistle, ch. vi. 15, 16, " For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be upon them, and upon the whole Israel of God."... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 306 pages
...law ?" Tues, 16.! — In the evening I came to London, and preached on those words, Gal. v, 15, '* In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature." After reading Luther's miserable comment upon the text, I thought it my bounden duty openly to warn... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 560 pages
...abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord 1. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature ra. For in Jesus Christ, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which... | |
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And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 
