 | Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky - 1828 - 436 pages
...vour harps of gold ) But when you raise your highest notes, His love can ne cr be told ' Wherefore zre labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 2 Cor. v. 9THIS indeed is the true disposition of a soul espoused to Christ. She has but one care,... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 648 pages
...others, he tells us, v. 11. Knowing these terrors of the Lord, we persuade men: touching himself, v. 9. We labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Cod : so to please him by holiness and obedience, that, whether in our voyage or in our haven, whether... | |
 | First Unitarian Society. Philadelphia - 1810 - 506 pages
...nature, he should no more be excluded from his favour than the circumcised Jew: Rom. 2 chap. He says, we labour that whether present or absent we may be...done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Cor. v. 9, 10. This is evidently teaching that final acceptance will take place on the ground of obedience. The same... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 492 pages
...confident, / say, and willing radier to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we most all appear before .the judgmentseat of Christ; that eveiy one may receive the things... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 466 pages
...be the character of every Christian. And the 9th verse that follows it belongs to all the saints: 44 Wherefore we labour that whether present or absent...accepted of him ; for we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he... | |
 | Elihu Thayer - 1813 - 390 pages
...he "laboured to keep a conscience void of offence, both toward God and man.", Wherefore, saith he, "we labour, that whether present or absent, we: may be accepted of him," and he speaks of being in the body, as a state of absence from the Lord. ; It is so comparatively,... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 pages
...confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord ; wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him," 2 Cor. v. 5, 9. I come, in the last place, to shew how saints are employed in heaven. As the understanding... | |
 | 1816 - 566 pages
...appreciating the labours of the true servants of God, the divine approbation is their highest satisfaction. " Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him."-^— '.' In all things approving ourselves as the ministers' of God." Whitchurch, Salop. JH THOUGHTS ON... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 pages
...indispensable, we strive to rivet on their hearts, by continual repetition. Mark the expression in the text. As we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him, before whom we must all shortly appear ; as we are looking for and hasting to the coming of the Son... | |
 | 1817 - 514 pages
...should receive the crown of life which God had promised to them who love him. Wherefore they say, " We labour that whether .present or absent we may be...accepted of him, for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every man may receive the things done in the body, according to that... | |
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Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or... 
