PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians
Hodge, Charles, 1797–1878 · 138,725 words · 304 reading sections
310 II. CORINTHIANS 13, 10.
lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the poAver which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. Therefore^ i. e. because I desire your good, and because I prefer to appear dSoKi/xo?, loitliout ^JToof^ so far as the proof of my apostleship consists in the exercise of my power to …
869 wordsSECTION 302312 II. CORINTHIANS 13, 12. 13.
out our own salvation, wliile God works in us. Oar duty is to yield ourselves to the operation of God, and to exert our faculties as though the effect desired were in our own power, and leave to his almighty, mystic co-operation its own gra- cious office. The man with the withered hand, did some thing when he stretched…
409 wordsSECTION 303II. CORINTHIANS 13, 14. 313
trolling power of sin. They are therefore bound to live in accordance with tliis character. All the saints, i. e. all those in the place in which Paul then was. The communion of saints includes all believers who feel themselves to be one body in Christ. /Salute you, tliat is, wish you salvation, which includes all good…
425 wordsSECTION 304314 II. CORINTHIANS 13, 14.
the promise of the Spirit, Gal. 3, 13. 14. It is the gift of the Holy Ghost secured in the covenant of redemption by tlio doatli of Christ that applie.s to us the benefits of his mediation. As tlie gift of the Spirit is secured to all the peoj^le of God, tliey are Koivoivot, joint partakers, of the Holy Ghost, and tlie…
163 wordsSource & rights
Public-domain historical edition (1860). Text from OCR of an original Internet Archive scan; OCR may contain recognition errors.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.