 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1856 - 706 oldal
...of his reason, and in the full and triumphant hope of a blissful immortality. He said, " I -am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better." Our beloved brother Mason was a good preacher, holy and exemplary in all his... | |
 | Thomas William B. Aveling - 1840 - 296 oldal
...close of life Paul could say, " I have kept the faith," and this emboldened him to add " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ." Finally : keeping the faith, forms a delightful contrast to denying it. Hymeneus and Philetus erred... | |
 | Benjamin Fiske Barrett - 1842 - 470 oldal
...: " For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." (i. 21.) And afterwards he adds, " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ which is far better." (v. 23.) From this it appears that the apostle believed the casting off of his... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 516 oldal
...they are constantly travelling to the grave. Like Paul, they die daily ; and like him, they are in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better than travelling the rugged road of life. This is their habitual feeling; and though... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 514 oldal
...they are constantly travelling to the grave. Like Paul, they die daily ; and like him, they are in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better than travelling the rugged road of life. This is their habitual feeling; and though... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1843 - 642 oldal
...because bis Lord should be with him, and his staff should support bis steps ; (Psalm xxiii.) and Paul was " in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ," nevertheless, satisfied to await his time, that he might be magnified by his life or death. Phil. i.... | |
 | 1843 - 846 oldal
...live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour ; yet what I shall choose I wot not ; for I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better ; nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." Among the papers... | |
 | 1843 - 780 oldal
...live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour ; yet what I shall choose I wot not ; for I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better ; nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." Among the papers... | |
 | Jean Daillé - 1843 - 472 oldal
...proposes to us in the two following verses the reasons for such admirable indecision: " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." Here are the two... | |
 | Chelsea Christ ch - 1844 - 164 oldal
...connection. In like manner we should reason from St. Paul's language (in Philippians i.) when he tells how he was " in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ ;" yet, at the same time, having a deep and ardent interest in the preaching of the Gospel upon earth,... | |
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 
