 | William Jay - 1833 - 722 pages
...veracity, by adopting the last mode of appeal among men ; " For verily men swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife" — God therefore swears, and because he could swear I Lord, sins and their iniquities ' leave thee... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 636 pages
...founded not only upon the word, bul equally upon the oath of God. " Men verily awcar by the greater ; mid an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his... | |
 | Johannes Herr - 1834 - 410 pages
...thou wilt reply by bringing in the words of Paul, (Heb. 6, 16.) Men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 1 answer, that Paul wrote this epistle to his brethren in the faith, and speaks in this place of men... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 1 7 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his... | |
 | 1912 - 514 pages
...after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | Franklin Jones Firth - 1912 - 592 pages
...himself, 14 Saying: Unless blessing I shall bless thce, and multiplying I shall multiply thee. and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1912 - 304 pages
...©otte§ unb baS SBo^l beS 9?adjften erforbert. 39) Hebr. 6,16. For men verily swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. BH Matt. 26, 63. 64. Jesus swearing. — Gen. 24, 3. Abraham's servant. 26. What is meant by using... | |
 | George Washington Reaser - 1913 - 202 pages
...by the following inspired words found in Heb. vi, 16-20 : "For men verily swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel,... | |
 | Demosthenes, Charles Rann Kennedy - 1914 - 468 pages
...judicially, without any mark of censure or disapprobation ; ' Men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife.' " Upon the strength of these reasons, we explain our Saviour's words to relate, not to judicial oaths,... | |
 | Frederick Kuegele - 1915 - 292 pages
...own life. And of the oath the Epistle to the Hebrews says: "Men, verily, swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." If the oath of an honest man makes an end of strife, much rather should God's oath settle it with us... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
