 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.  New Family Library ... - Page 4101834Full view - About this book
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 436 pages
...therefore, hinder sowing. Affliction, when sanctified, is a gift: ' It is GIVEN,' says the Apostle, ' in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his name.' Affliction, indeed, is the only gift, for which we are not commanded to pray ; but a wise and... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pages
...have no •«mandment of the Lord : yet I give my judgment ; ipose therefore, that this is good for the present distress. I say that it is good for a man so to be. Art thou bound unto a wife ? seek not to be loosed. Art thon loosed from a wife ? — seek not a wife.... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 438 pages
...made perfect in one k ." The saints have " fellowship with Christ in his sufferings; for unto them it is given, in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake 1 ." They have communion with him as their elder brother, partaking of the same nature as themselves"... | |
 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - 1826 - 490 pages
...Secondly, A free, willing, and cheerful suffering for him and his gospel. " Unto you," saith the apostle, " it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake."b We see how far a human love, either of their country, or of vain-glory, hath transported c... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 546 pages
...heart of Lydia, that she attended to the things spoken of Paul.' Phil, i. 29. ' It is given to you in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ;' and, chap. ii. 13. ' For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his own good pleasure... | |
 | William Wake - 1827 - 454 pages
...SETTLES us IN THF . FAITH of Christ. Eph.ii. 8. For by grace are ye saved through failh. Phil. i. -29. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ,...to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake. ENABLES us to fulfil our DUTY. Rom. viii. 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they arc... | |
 | 1829 - 544 pages
...which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ;' and, further on, 'Unto you it is given, in the behalf of Christ, not...believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;' and elsewhere, ' By grace are ye saved, through faith ; and that not of yourselves ; it is the gift... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 pages
...suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. a PHIL. i. 29 : Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not...to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake. b See on ACTS, ii. 42, 46. c AcTs, iv. 20,29: For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen... | |
 | John Owen - 1827 - 404 pages
...conversion themselves, are said to be the work of God. Thus, in Phil. i. 29, " To you it is given, on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake." To believe on Christ, expresses saving faith itself. This is given to us ; — and how is it given... | |
 | 1828 - 160 pages
...to the brethren. und love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ . Eph. vi. 23. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to Kufl'or for his sake. Phil. i. 29. Except a man be born of wf.ter and of the Spirit, he cannot enter... | |
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