But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. The Expositor - Page 92edited by - 1900Full view - About this book
| Mary Ann Kelty - Society of Friends - 1840 - 504 pages
...trial; (1 Cor. iv. 19, 20 ;) 'I will know not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power ; for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.' A man," he continues, " may speak high words concerning the kingdom, and get all the doctrines about... | |
| John Bunyan - Theology - 1841 - 586 pages
...Corinthians, " When I come to you again, I will know not the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power. n shall lay both his hands upon 1 Cor. iv. 19, 20. Search, then, after the power of what thou knowest, for it is the power that will... | |
| William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...&c. Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. — Rom. xii. 9. 11 ; Amos v. 15. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. — 1 Cor. iv. 20. Let us keep the feast, &c. with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. —... | |
| Patronage, Ecclesiastical - 1842 - 296 pages
...» Ancient Bish., p. 346. t On Kcv., p. 199. the speech of them that are puffed up, but the power ; for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.* Men may have much knowledge, and be able by great eloquence to express it, and yet be far from that... | |
| William Joseph Walter - 1842 - 278 pages
...words avail towards raising the dead, or expelling evil spirits, or working any other deed of power : ' for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.' By deeds of power, and not by fine speaking, we have prevailed. Then let us not seek to shelter ourselves... | |
| Richard Sherlock - Devotional exercises - 1843 - 336 pages
...more in talk and dispute, and verbal profession, than in love and good worksq, and holy conversation ? For " the kingdom of God is not in word but in power"' of holy actions, or in the keeping the Covenant of thy God. 1 Rom. x. 10. m Rom. x. 11. n Mark viii.... | |
| Thomas Becon - Theology - 1843 - 532 pages
...Christ, though he babbleth never so much of faith, of God, of Christ, and of all the divine mysteries. " For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power." " Not i COT. ¡т. every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord," saith Christ, "shall enter into the king-... | |
| Two kingdoms - 1843 - 134 pages
...considerable satisfaction in hearing statements, about which we think ourselves competent to decide.b ' For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 1 Cor. iv. 20. B For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1843 - 548 pages
...of judgment, except we lead a good life in this world, and BECON, 10 work the good pleasure of God. For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power, saith St. Paul. He that hath my commandments, saith Christ, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth... | |
| Christian biography - 1843 - 544 pages
...of judgment, except we lead a good life in this world, and BECON. 10 work the good pleasure of God. For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power, saith St. Paul. He that hath my commandments, saith Christ, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth... | |
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