 | William Jones - 1810 - 522 страници
...of the people. " Our sufficiency " (saith the apostle) is of God, who hath made us " able ministers of the new testament, not of the " letter but of the spirit : for the letter killeth, but "the spirit giveth life." The letter of the law, voided of its evangelical intention, leaves our bodies washed,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 страници
...: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 2 Cor. iii. 6. Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 1 Jer. xiv. 15. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1811 - 432 страници
...letter hath light enough for them. Whereas the Apostle saith, " God hath made us able •* ministers of the New Testament: not of the " letter, but of...spirit : for the letter killeth, " but the spirit giveth life." 2 Cor. iii. 6. But the world in general will not receive this truth. *' And this is the... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 страници
...ministers which God sends out. " But our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life," 2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. Now the scriptures declare that " A man can receive nothing except... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 страници
...candle on the stick, and gives light to all that are in the house. Such an one, in the hands of Christ, is an able minister of the new testament. Not of the letter, which gives no life, no hope, no help; it brings nothing good to the sinner, but calls for every thing... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 страници
...any thing, as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God : 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death written and ingraven in stones, was glorious, so that... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 446 страници
...not the manner, but the subject of their ministry : . " Who hath made us able ministers," saith he, " of the New Testament : not of the letter, but of the Spirit ; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life." Here lies the great difference between the two dispensations : that the law was, indeed,... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 страници
...dead letter hath light enough for them. Whereas the Apostle saith, " God hath made us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit ; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life," 2 Cor. iii. 6. But the world in general will not receive this truth. " And this is the... | |
 | 1812 - 292 страници
...in the letter, in the spirit i£ is life. See 2: Cor. 3, 6. " Who also hath made us able ministers ,of the New Testament ; not of the letter, but of...the spirit ; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." St. Paul took much pains in his Epistle to the Romans to make a proper distinction in... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 648 страници
...letter hath light enough for us." — Whereas the Apostle saith, " God hath made us able " ministers of the New Testament ; not of the " letter, but of...spirit : for the letter killeth, " but the spirit giveth life." 2 Cor. iii. 6. But the world in general will not receive this truth. " And this is the... | |
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Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 
