...Paul's argument was illogical ; so perhaps — we say it with all reverence — was the conduct of Him Who " though He was rich yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich." There are cases in which sympathy (feeling with) is higher than logic. After the...

...limited, and his energies to be bound. Having drank into the spirit of Him, " who, though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich," he disdains the narrow confines of any party, and seeks to live, and move, and have his being, amid...

...God's people up to the standard of duty as declared in His Word, arid, above all, as revealed in Him who though He was rich yet for our sakes became poor that we through His poverty might be rich. Your committee recommends that Synod appoint the last Sunday in November to be observed in all the...

...to acknowledge that we are not our own, since we are bought with a price? And if our Lord Jesus, who was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich, have any of us, his children, so much of his Spirit that we are willing, for his sake and for the sake...

...believe." This attitude of Christianity towards the needy ever exalts the Lord of Christianity, who for our sakes became poor that we through His poverty might be rich. For though He knew He was equal with God, He emptied Himself to save men. When one attempts to comprehend...

...strengthens the spirit of beneficence in the giver's heart, allying him more closely to the One who was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich. The act of the widow who cast two mites — all that she had — into the treasury, is placed on record...

...the spirit of love to God and to man, which is the spirit of genuine piety. It is the spirit of him, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich. Here let us pause a moment, before proceeding to the main discussion. If this is...

...disciples to lay himself upon a cross, himself to walk in the footsteps of Him who. though He was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich, himself to count his life as of no account, that he may spend it as Christ spent His for the redemption...

...all the more, while we long for the time when, with clear vision, no clouds between, we shall see Him "Who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich" (II Cor. 8:9). Moreover, it is in the world we can best learn to live by faith, to live in hope, and...

...Into this world there was to come one who could say, "I was naked, and ye clothed me not," who, "being rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might become rich." 3 And the LORD said, Even as my servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three...