 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1829 - 424 pages
...the text, in the following words : " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; who also...of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit." In both these passages, the Apostle points to a speciality in the work of a Christian teacher,—a... | |
 | Elisha Bates - 1829 - 358 pages
...ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God : who also hath mad« us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the...the Spirit ; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life." 2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. Thus the ministry was constituted in the beginning, under the highest... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1829 - 444 pages
...testament; not of the letter, hut of the spirit : for the letter killeth, hut the spirit giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven...that the children of Israel could not steadfastly hehold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance ; which glory was to he done away : t 8 How... | |
 | Robert Taylor - Free thinkers and freethought - 1829 - 466 pages
...improved edition of the other, and that there never was any real or essential difference between them. * " Our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able...ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, bat of the spirit ; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."— 2 Cor. Hi. 6. CHAPTER XXXII.... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1830 - 482 pages
...God-ward : Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to hink any thing as of ourselves ; jutoursufficiency is of God. Who also hath made us able ministers of...the ministration of death, written and engraven in stories, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadástly behold the face of Moses... | |
 | Quency Gardner - Religion - 2003 - 286 pages
...of His instructions is found His perfect Will. Apostle Paul expressed it this way9 "we are ordained able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter...the spirit for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." Now again contextually, Peter is teaching concerning our lively hope, the incorruptible... | |
 | Ray Chiasson - Religion - 2004 - 318 pages
...power of God. 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also...the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. CMatijm2:MK"owing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith... | |
 | Bill Campbell - Religion - 2004 - 146 pages
...have great faith. The Bible declares, Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also...the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life (2 Corinthians 3:5-6). You simply cannot claim great things through faith, even though... | |
 | Larry D. Rudder - Religion - 2004 - 156 pages
...tablets of commandments that Moses received, but in the spiritual nature of the New Testament. "[Christ] who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament;...but the spirit giveth life. "But if the ministration [service or attendance] of death, written and engraven in stones [the Ten Commandments], was glorious,... | |
 | Richard J. Hewitt - Religion - 2004 - 278 pages
...practices, where has the modern church come up with them? Finally, Paul says our sufficiency in all things is of God; "Who also hath made us able ministers of...the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." (II Corinthians 3:6) You see, the law, given by Moses, was a schoolmaster to lead us... | |
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Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit... 
