 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 pages
..."How can ye, being evil, speak good things." Matt. 12 : 34. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. 3 : 5. How fallen then is man, who can neither believe nor obey, speak a good word nor think a good... | |
 | 1842
...self-renouncing in this respect, than the declaration of St. Paul? " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of God.'' (2 Cor. iii. 5.) The right way to view a Christian, is, to regard him as a man whose wisdom and strength would utterly... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1802 - 456 pages
...are not fufficient of ourfefoes, fays he, to think any thing as of ourfelves, but our fiifficiency is of God. 2 Cor. iii. 5. If I am faithful, it is " becaufe 1 have obtained mercy of the Lord to make me fo." i Cor. vii. 25. By the grace of God I am... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 pages
...name of all his brethren, disavows all self-sufficiency. " Not " that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any " thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of • " God." (2 Cor. iii. 5. Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 10.) And in another place he tells us that it is " God " who worketh in us both to... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...convince the sinner that he hath not power even to think. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God," 2 Cor. iii. 5. When this working arm fails us help is at hand, for Christ's strength is made perfect in weakness,... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1811 - 528 pages
...because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Cor. ii. 14. " Not that we are sufficient of OURSELVES, to think any thing, as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. iii. 5. " For it is God, which woiketh in you, both to .will and to do, of his good pleasure." Phil. ii. 13.... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1815 - 260 pages
...language is, Who is sufficient for these things ? 2 Cor. ii. 10. We are not sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, '2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. From a consciousness of personal inability, joined with a conviction of their absolute and necessary... | |
 | Seth Williston - 1817 - 284 pages
...there is no independent action in a dependent creature. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. iii. 5. 2dly. This was necessary to insure his acting in this particular manner, so as to accomplish this most... | |
 | Seth Williston - 1817 - 274 pages
...there ia no independent action in a dependent creature. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves : but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. ili. 5. 2dly. This was necessary to insure his acting in this particular manner, so as to accomplish... | |
 | 1825 - 512 pages
...for the work, he draws consolation from this consideration : " We are not sufficient of ourselves," says he, " to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God, who hath also made us able ministers of the new testament." On one occasion, indeed, he received... | |
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. 
