 | 1796 - 612 pages
...have received mercy, we faint not;" the late Benjamin Wallin, AM preached to the people from Phil. ii. 29. « Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such in reputation ;" Mr. Abraham Clarke, before-mentioned, and several other respectable ministers, assisting on the... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...indeed nigh unto death : he was sick but God had mercy on him : and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I sent him,...less sorrowful. 29 Receive him, therefore, in the Lord,_ with all gladness, and hold such in reputation : 30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...indeed he was sick nigh unto death : but God had mercy on him : and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I sent him,...carefully, that, when • ye see him again, ye may rejoice, that I may be the less sorrowful. 29 Receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all gladness, and hold... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...death : but God had, mcrcy on him ; and not on him only, but on me ako, lest L should have sorrow npon sorrow. 28 I sent him therefore the more carefully,...Lord with all gladness ; and hold such in reputation : S0 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life to supply your lack... | |
 | William Penn - 1807 - 394 pages
...one that " labours in word and doctrine."'1 So Paul recommends Epaphroditus to the Philippians : " Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such in reputation." As if he had said, let them be valued and regarded by you in what they say and teach. Which is the... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...among you.. ..and to esteem them very highly in love, for their work's sake. And, again. Phil., ii. 29. Receive him therefore, in the Lord, with all gladness ; and hold such in reputation. And certainly they, who cast any contempt upon ministers, either by injurious actions or reviling speeches... | |
 | 1809 - 670 pages
...on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon 28 sorrow. I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I 29 may be the less sorrowful. Receive him therefore in the 30 Lord with all joy ; and hold such in... | |
 | 1811 - 560 pages
...God had mercy on him ; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I sent him therefore the more carefully, that •when...may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such in reputation. Because for the work... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 406 pages
...but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I sent him therefore the more carefully, that when ye see him again ye may rejoice, * Pearce, I believe, was the first commentator, who gave this sense to the expression; apd I believe... | |
 | Edward Davies - 1811 - 438 pages
...his fellow-soldiers and companions in labour to the church at PhiHppi, it is with this injunction — Receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all gladness ; and hold such in reputation. (Phil. ii. 29.) ', '.;r'';. ..i inn.; In the first epistle to the Thessaloniarisi the duty of paying... | |
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For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less... 
