| David Everard Ford - 1841 - 130 σελίδες
...blessed Lord, addressing some of his disciples who murmured at him dnd were offended at his doctrine, said, " The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life " (John vi. 63.) If we set our hearts on occupying the field of the world, to cultivate it for God, we should carefully... | |
| John Mather Austin - 1842 - 194 σελίδες
...the word " life" is evidently used in this manner. Q. Can you quote them ? A. Upon a certain occasion Jesus said, " The words that I speak unto you, they...are spirit, and they are life." — (John vi. 63.) At another time he exclaimed, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth... | |
| Emanuel Swedenborg - 1852 - 68 σελίδες
...he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you," John xvi. 13, 14, 15. '• That he shall ho with the disciples and in them," John xvii. 26. "Jesus said, The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they arc life," John vi. 63. From these passages it is evident, that the truth... | |
| Elias De La Roche Rendell - 1853 - 420 σελίδες
...sense of the Word, arrive at a belief in its divinity, from other grounds. They remember that the Lord said, " The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." (John vi. 63; 2 Cor. iii. 6.) They admit the Word to be different from every other composition, in consequence of... | |
| James Caughey - 1868 - 492 σελίδες
...the word of God is sweeter than honey, even the honey of the honey-comb I and the truth also of what Jesus said, " The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." (John vi. 63.) The sentiments of a young Christian lady, the daughter of a titled nobleman, resident in one of the... | |
| Divine decree - 1868 - 468 σελίδες
...St. Peter says, " The Word of God, which liveth, and abideth for ever." (1 Peter i. 25.) And Christ said, " The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." (John vi. 64.) God is in His word, or as Ezekiel explains the subject, " The spirit of the living creature was... | |
| 1872 - 472 σελίδες
...apply to the " language of men?" What becomes, then, of the principle laid down by our Lord when He said : The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life?" (John vi: 63.) What was it that Jesus did for His disciples when He "opened their understanding, that they might understand... | |
| Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1877 - 802 σελίδες
...lips, wo must ever bear in mind the fundamental canon of interpretation furnished by Himself when He said, " The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (John vi. 63), a canon of interpretation which is thus explained and enforced by St. Paul, " The letter killeth, but... | |
| Reformed Church in America. General Synod - 1877 - 624 σελίδες
...and it does so because the Holy Ghost is in the truth, and hence it has its spirit and life. Christ said, " The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." ( John, vi : 63.) When the truth has become all this to the soul in believing, then that soul must and will confess unto... | |
| 1883 - 492 σελίδες
...living Word. " Belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." (Bom. x. 17, rev. ver.) Jesus said, The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life. (John vi. 63.) The mysteries of the operation are to a great extent beyond our reach, but we can nevertheless thank... | |
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