The General epistle of st. James, with notes and intr. by E.H. Plumptre |
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... gifts of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost ( Acts ii . 1—4 ) . From that time they cast in their lot with the fortunes of the infant Church , and their earthly relationship to the Lord of that Church , the witness they were able to ...
... gifts of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost ( Acts ii . 1—4 ) . From that time they cast in their lot with the fortunes of the infant Church , and their earthly relationship to the Lord of that Church , the witness they were able to ...
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... gift of the Spirit . The case of Cornelius ( Acts x . 47 ) might well seem to have ruled the question once and for all in the sense in which St James afterwards ruled it . Here then we get probable limits for the date of the Epistle ...
... gift of the Spirit . The case of Cornelius ( Acts x . 47 ) might well seem to have ruled the question once and for all in the sense in which St James afterwards ruled it . Here then we get probable limits for the date of the Epistle ...
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... gifts to those that ask Him ( Matt . vi . 11 ) , and the highest gift , that of the Spirit that imparts wisdom , is included in the promise ( Luke xi . 13 ) . and upbraideth not ] The word implies a contrast with human givers who too ...
... gifts to those that ask Him ( Matt . vi . 11 ) , and the highest gift , that of the Spirit that imparts wisdom , is included in the promise ( Luke xi . 13 ) . and upbraideth not ] The word implies a contrast with human givers who too ...
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... gifts . a Do not err , my beloved brethren . Every good gift and set for them as a bait . Both words had come to be used figuratively of sensual passion , the latter twice by St Peter ( 2 Pet . ii . 14 , 18 ) , and the imagery that ...
... gifts . a Do not err , my beloved brethren . Every good gift and set for them as a bait . Both words had come to be used figuratively of sensual passion , the latter twice by St Peter ( 2 Pet . ii . 14 , 18 ) , and the imagery that ...
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... gift and every perfect gift ] The two nouns are dif- ferent in the Greek , the first expressing the abstract act of giving , the second the gift as actually bestowed . The perfection of the one flows from the goodness of the other . The ...
... gift and every perfect gift ] The two nouns are dif- ferent in the Greek , the first expressing the abstract act of giving , the second the gift as actually bestowed . The perfection of the one flows from the goodness of the other . The ...
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17 Paternoster Row Acts xv adjective Alphæus Apostles believe better MSS brethren brother Cambridge Warehouse Christ Christian Church Circumcision Clement of Rome Clôpas cloth Comp condemnation Council of Jerusalem Demy 8vo Demy Octavo disciples Divine Ecclus Edited emphatic English version envy Epistle evil faith Fellow of St Fellow of Trinity Gentile give Gospel Greek word hath Hebrew Holy implies inference Israel Jerusalem Jewish Jews John Joseph Judæa late Fellow Literally Lord's Luke man's Mark Matt meaning nature P. G. TAIT parallel Paul's perhaps Pharisees prayer Price probably Professor promise prophets reference rich righteous sapiential books Scripture sense shew sins son of Zebedee soul speaks Spirit St Catharine's College St James St James's St John's College St Paul St Peter thou thought Trinity College true truth University of Cambridge unto verb verse Wisd wisdom writer xviii Zebedee
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Page 57 - Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
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 79 - Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
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 60 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
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 95 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 83 - Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter ? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries ? either a vine, figs ? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Page 89 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.