 | Joshua Toulmin - Sermons, English - 1810 - 506 pages
...as the appftle Paul ufed. " By the grace of GOD I am what I " am : and his grace, which was beftowed "upon me, was not in vain ; but I laboured " more...abundantly than they all : yet not I, " but the grace of GOD, which was with me."* This brings me to obferve, Laftly, This fubject teacheth us, to whom our... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - Sermons, English - 1810 - 568 pages
...divine favour. " I am the least of the apostles," says he in one i one place, (1 Cor. xv. 9.) "that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace (or favour) of God, I am what I am." Every thing, brethren, is favour to all of us ; every useful gift... | |
 | Joseph Field - God - 1811 - 356 pages
...prayers of all good men, agreeably to what St. Paul says of his apostlic labours. " But by the grace of God I am what I am ; and his grace which was bestowed...abundantly than they all : yet not I, but the grace of God which -was with me." It is not the man, who prays and finds an answer of peace, that influences... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - Bible - 1811 - 396 pages
...persecuted the Cnurcb of God. . 10 But by Ike grace of God I am what I am : and his grace which was bertowed upon me was not in vain ; but I laboured more abundantly...God which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, «<, we preach, and so ye believed. 13 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead,... | |
 | Joseph Field - God - 1811 - 358 pages
...prayers of all good men, agreeably to what St. Paul says of his apostlic labours. " But by the grace of God I am what I am ; and his grace which was bestowed...vain ; but I laboured more abundantly than they all : yst not I, but the grace of God uhicb was with me." It is not the man, who prays and finds an answer... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1812 - 420 pages
...he explains this seeming paradox in another passage. "For I am the least of all the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted...vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all." Here it is very evident, that Paul's humility did not arise from ignorance of his own superior talents... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 pages
...am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the rhurch of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace., which was bestowed...abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. J 1 Therefore, whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.... | |
 | Edward Williams - Calvinism - 1812 - 582 pages
...ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of 6W."f " But by the grace of God I am what I am • and his grace which -was bestowed...abundantly than they all : yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." J Had Paul been asked, Have you " need of nothing but yourself," — would... | |
 | Richard Mant - Apologetics - 1813 - 440 pages
...WITH ST. PAUL TO HUMILITY AND DILIGENCE. 1 COB. xv. 9, 10. For I am the least of the Apostles; that am not meet to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God : But by the grace of God lam what I am; and his grace, which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly... | |
 | Thomas Cogan - Christianity - 1813 - 606 pages
...an apostle, because I persecuted the Church ; but by the grace of God I am what 1 am ; and his grace was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." He was converted, that his superior powers of intellect might have their full... | |
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For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than... 
