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... parallel to those of 2 Pet . i . 16—18 and John i . 14 , to the vision on the Mount of Transfiguration which had been witnessed by Peter and the two sons of Zebedee . ( d ) In the emphasis with which the writer of the Epistle condemns ...
... parallel to those of 2 Pet . i . 16—18 and John i . 14 , to the vision on the Mount of Transfiguration which had been witnessed by Peter and the two sons of Zebedee . ( d ) In the emphasis with which the writer of the Epistle condemns ...
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... parallel ( assuming the term to point not to the Holy of Holies , but to the Court of the Priests ) in the privileges which were granted to other Nazarites , and which led a later Jewish writer ( Maimonides , More Nevochim III . 43 ) to ...
... parallel ( assuming the term to point not to the Holy of Holies , but to the Court of the Priests ) in the privileges which were granted to other Nazarites , and which led a later Jewish writer ( Maimonides , More Nevochim III . 43 ) to ...
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... parallel promise in Luke xi . 13 . is from above ] The perfect gifts come then , as the new birth of the soul comes , from Heaven , not from Earth ( comp . John iii . 3 , as in the margin ) , as does the true wisdom ( chap . iii . 15 ...
... parallel promise in Luke xi . 13 . is from above ] The perfect gifts come then , as the new birth of the soul comes , from Heaven , not from Earth ( comp . John iii . 3 , as in the margin ) , as does the true wisdom ( chap . iii . 15 ...
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... parallel to that of Col. ii . 18 , which , rightly rendered , runs “ let no man willing , i.e. by the exercise of his will , deprive you .... " The word implies the rejection of the thought either of a destiny constraining the Divine ...
... parallel to that of Col. ii . 18 , which , rightly rendered , runs “ let no man willing , i.e. by the exercise of his will , deprive you .... " The word implies the rejection of the thought either of a destiny constraining the Divine ...
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... parallel in that of Philo , who speaks of those who practise " a ritual religion ' ( using the same word as St James ) " instead of holiness " ( Philo , p . 173 ) . Comp . also Coleridge , Aids to Reflection , Aph . xxiii . " The ...
... parallel in that of Philo , who speaks of those who practise " a ritual religion ' ( using the same word as St James ) " instead of holiness " ( Philo , p . 173 ) . Comp . also Coleridge , Aids to Reflection , Aph . xxiii . " The ...
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Page 53 - For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth ; so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Page 86 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace...
Page 101 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 97 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 73 - Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar ? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Page 98 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton ; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Page 61 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Page 80 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 92 - Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.