| 1827 - 634 pages
...notion that a young man, even as eminent as Timothy, should under•take to break down ministers. " And the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing them that oppose themselves, &c." The epistle of Paul... | |
| Samuel Miller - 1827 - 490 pages
...the Apostle James, is gentle. And the Apostle Paul, speaking particularly of ministers, says — The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves. I am aware, indeed, that gentleness... | |
| Samuel Miller - 1827 - 504 pages
...the Apostle James, is gentle. And the Apostle Paul, speaking particularly of ministers, says — The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, patient, in meekness instructing those that oj&iose themselves. I am aware, indeed, that gentleness... | |
| 1827 - 566 pages
...address men in the same style, a direction is found, which we tear is forgotten by some, that " the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance... | |
| 1828 - 546 pages
...of Scripture, I pray that I may be under the influence of the meek spirit of our holy religion " The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle...meekness instructing those that oppose themselves." While it fully accords with the ministerial calling, and strictly with what the Apostle says of the... | |
| John Townsend - 1828 - 318 pages
...another he urges the maintenance of the same spirit, even in the most trying circumstances : " The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle...meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, 2 Tim. ii. 24, 25. If this meekness and gentleness be so desirable and important in the^ pastors of... | |
| Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1828 - 262 pages
...Gerar did strive with his herdmen, saying the water is ours." We have not a verse like this: " The servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle...patient; in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves:"—but of whose example do we think ? What bright original of this apostolic portrait rises... | |
| 1828 - 828 pages
...a puro heart. 23 But foolish and unlearned 3uestions avoid, knowing that they о gender strifes. 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient ; 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance... | |
| Edward Irving - 1828 - 820 pages
...profited enough in the grace which Paul commendeth unto Timothy and every man of God, saying: " The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men; apt to teach; patient; meekly instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure may give them repentance unto... | |
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