He then, for the first time in his life, discovered the heart-stirring and soul-inspiring truth, " that God is no respecter of persons ; but that in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him. The African Repository - Halaman 2521847Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) - 1878 - 756 halaman
...tended to broaden and liberalize his views, and sympathies, and led him often to the acknowledgment, that "in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him." For a few months before his departure, his physical powers gradually declined, and for some... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1827 - 288 halaman
...lightens every man that cometh into the world, shall on their death, enter into Paradise ; for in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him. But how many of the Gentiles, in any nation of the earth, do' really act Up to the dictates ol' that... | |
| 1828 - 924 halaman
...and onr Lord and his apostles published, this religion, was it not as true as it is at this moment, that in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him ? As far as our argument against the necessity of diffusing our beneficent faith can be maintained... | |
| Charles Wentworth Upham - 1828 - 234 halaman
...naming the word which expresses it. For instance, I suppose that Peter, after having asserted that God is no respecter of persons, but that, in every nation, he that feareth him and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him, proceeds to speak of the Word, by which he means... | |
| Twenty plain and practical sermons - 1828 - 348 halaman
...world accepteth no man's person ; He hath made all ranks and degrees equal, and pronounceth God to be " no respecter of persons, but " that ' in every nation, he that feareth " ' Him, and worketh righteousness, is " ' accepted with Him ;' "* all who press forward toward the... | |
| 1829 - 434 halaman
...experience teaches, and. God's own word declares, of his paternal character and mercy. We believe, that in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him ; that whosoever lives according to the light he has, shall never be condemned for the want of opportunities... | |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero, William Danby - 1829 - 138 halaman
...us : for they must yield to the more sacred injunctions of the Gospel, in which we read that " God is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." This, we may be sure, will accord with every... | |
| Church of England, Thomas Newland - 1829 - 696 halaman
...nelius, (Acts, x. 34.) " Of a truth I perceive, " that God is no respecter of persons ; but in " every nation he that feareth God and worketh " righteousness, is accepted of him." These passages seem to import, that those who make the best use of the measure of light that is allowed... | |
| Thomas Sherlock - 1830 - 500 halaman
...Peter has limited this privilege : for he does not say that men of all nations are accepted of God ; but that in every nation ' he that feareth God and worketh righteousness' is accepted of him. Now, one great end of the Christian religion being to instruct us in the fear of God, and in works... | |
| Thomas Sherlock, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1830 - 500 halaman
...Peter has limited this privilege : for he does not say that men of all nations are accepted of God ; but that in every nation ' he that feareth God and worketh righteousness ' is accepted of him. Now, one great end of the Christian religion being to instruct us in the fear of God, and in works... | |
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