 | Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1839 - 672 sider
...the mouth of one who illustrated its requirement by himself making full proof of his ministry, and becoming "all things to all men that he might by all means save some;" and who when " he was put in trust with the Gospel, spake not as pleasing men but God, which trieth... | |
 | 1839 - 596 sider
...this epistle be St Paul's, it but exemplifies his own declaration to the Corinthians, that he " became all " things to all men, that he might by all means save some" (a). 3. Again, he speaks of Timatheus as his friend and companion by the familiar term of "br$-> ther,"... | |
 | 1839 - 596 sider
...them that are without law. To the weak he became as weak, that he might gain the weak : he was made all things to all men, that he might by all means save some. And this he did for the gospel's sake (I Cor. ix. 20 — 23.) At this time, be it remembered, he saith,... | |
 | William Alexander - 1839 - 434 sider
...Christ sent me NOT to baptize." Thus Paul, in the infant state of the Christian Church, " was made all things to all men, that he might by all means save some." Yet it was only a very few years after, that be expressed his full and decided conviction of the uttter... | |
 | William Jenkyn - 1839 - 392 sider
...suffered from them ; yet he suffers all things for the elect's sake. He labours abundantly; he becomes all things to all men, that he might by all means save some, 1 Cor. ix. 22. What importunate beseechings are his Epistles filled with ! he seems to besiege souls... | |
 | John Hoppus - 1839 - 634 sider
...proselytes of righteoumeis. — See p. 67, note. sacrificed everything to charity, but truth. He became ' all things to all men ;' that he ' might by all means save some.' To the Jews he ' became as a Jew ;' that he ' might gain the Jews;' ' to them that are without law,... | |
 | Arthur Philip Perceval - 1839 - 380 sider
...that time, we may be free from care, and have no sins to forsake. It is not so. As St. Paul " became all things to all men, that he might by all means save some;" so God is pleased to make use of different methods for the reclaiming of mankind, being not willing... | |
 | Andrew Royce - 1839 - 232 sider
...not have wandered from city to city, a thing for lewd fellows to stone and whip — and been " made all things to all men, that he might by all means save some" ! Had he fully understood that not a son of Adam is in danger of damnation, he would not, for the space... | |
 | 1841 - 612 sider
...means of instruction according to the different circumstances and prejudices of his hearers, he became all things to all men that he might by all means save some, and in writing to the Corinthian church he says, " being crafty I caught you with guile," showing that... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1840 - 602 sider
...a certain recourse to baits or inducements is not forhidden. St. Paul speaks of having made himself all things to all men, that he might by all means save some ; and he confesses to some of his converts, that he had caught them with guile. If it be the duty of... | |
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To the weak he became as weak, that he might gain the weak : and was made all things to all men, that he might by all means save some. 
