 | William Dent - 1876 - 244 pages
...so that their tempers and conduct might be in harmony with all the holy precepts of the Divine law ; that they might ' ' stand perfect and complete in all the will of God." Col. iv. 12. The word " wholly," here, Dr. A. Clarke says, " signifies, in the original, precisely... | |
 | Sarah Frances Smiley - 1876 - 352 pages
...of the prayers of Epaphras for those without, but he writes of his fervent prayers for those within, that they " might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God."f The five prayers of his own, which are given at some they who live, should not henceforth live... | |
 | Sarah Frances Smiley - 1878 - 382 pages
...of the prayers of Epaphras for those without, but he writes of his fervent prayers for those within, that they " might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God." t The five prayers of his own, which are given at some they who live, should not henceforth live unto... | |
 | Richard Waldo Sibthorp - 1879 - 776 pages
...God abideth for ever. Thus it was that Epaphras was always solicitous for the Christians of Colosse, that they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. And herein must be our great care, through the grace of the Holy Spirit to restore to, advance, and... | |
 | Henry Cowles - 1879 - 512 pages
...friend by his side. The particular point of his prayer for the brethren at Colosse deserves attention : That " they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God" — "perfect" indicating their mature and fully developed Christian character; "complete" indicating... | |
 | Mary Agnes M'Neile Malden - 1880 - 120 pages
...Epaphras for his brethren at Colosse (Col. iv. 12), she was " always labouring fervently in prayers," that they might " stand perfect and complete in all the will of God." Some tangible fruits of her love and sympathy are known to many. Her little work, " The Invalid's Text... | |
 | Charles Russell Hurditch - 1884 - 888 pages
...xii. 1) to seek after the " perfect will of God." He tells us how Epaphras prayed for his brethren that they might " stand perfect and complete in all the will of God." Xothiug short of this is to be our aim ; we cannot be satisfied with less. But never is it said that... | |
 | Faithful words - 1883 - 210 pages
...quiet corner. Surely Epaphras was such another, " labouring fervently " in prayers for the saints, that they might "stand perfect and complete in all the will of God." Dear reader, do you sometimes grieve that you can do so little for the Lord Jesus, and for those whom... | |
 | Samuel Michael Haughton - 1883 - 298 pages
...xiii. 21. "Perfect faith" and "perfect work" go together. The prayer of Epaphras for the brethren was that they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God (Col. iv. 12). Saint James adds (Jas. i. 4), "perfect and entire, lacking in nothing " (RV). Oct. 11.—James... | |
 | Alexander Neil Somerville - 1885 - 130 pages
...in prayers" for these sheep, as well as for those in the two sister cities of Colossae and Laodicea, "that they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God." The example of this beloved Phrygian seems to have stimulated the intercessions of the great Apostle... | |
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Col. i, 28. He wanted the Colossians fully to " put on charity, which is the bond of perfection, that they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God, 
