 Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.  De Natura Boni - Page 83by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - 1955 - 281 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Augustinian manual - 1885 - 558 pages
...forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death. Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren. Every "best gift, and every perfect gift, is from...Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration. For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be... | |
 | James F. Talbot - 1886 - 554 pages
...all knowledge," as he is styled in the Scriptures, bless our undertaking, and in which we are told, ' Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Lights;' and again, ' If any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth... | |
 | 1886 - 398 pages
...He that cometh after me. is become before me." / 1 Cor. 4:7. Heb. 5:4. James 1:17, " Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning." g John 1:19, 20, 27 (8I9). Mal.... | |
 | 1887 - 652 pages
...is also a great gift of God ; and that it exists not save it come from Him of whom it is written, " Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights." 3 But the rebuke of him who has not persevered must not on that account be neglected, " lest God perchance... | |
 | Samuel Cox, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt - 1888 - 518 pages
...(Rom. viii. 28). It is the Christian's strength indeed to be assured that " every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning" (Jas. i. 17). He believes that His... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - 1886 - 446 pages
...led astray, my beloved brothers: 1'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning; "having willed it, he begot us by [the] word of truth, that we might be a kind of... | |
 | 1890 - 524 pages
...brings forth death.* 16Be not deceived, my brethren beloved! 1T Every good giving and every complete gift is from above, coming down from the Father of °lights, with whom does not exist alternation or shadow of turning, ls Because so minded, he brought us forth with... | |
 | Edward Totterson Bartlett, John Punnett Peters - 1892 - 628 pages
...when it is full-grown, bringeth forth death. Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor shadow that is cast by turning. Of His own will He brought us forth by... | |
 | Emma Forbes Cary - 1893 - 294 pages
...a very church, with angels lurking among the leaves as if they were so many niches. FAEER. July 14. Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above,...Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration. ST. JAMES ». It is not love that steals the heart from love : 'T is the hard... | |
 | 1893 - 530 pages
...God. jfourtb Sunbap after Easter. EPISTLE (St. James i. 17-21). Dearly Beloved : Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow of alteration. For of his own will he hath begotten us by the word of... | |
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