| Thomas Jackson - Clergy - 1834 - 554 pages
...from all temptation to a secular or mercenary temper. " No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath called him to be a soldier." Independently of the moral and religious considerations which enforce... | |
| 1835 - 444 pages
...avoid temptations, and keep out of the way of sin. " No man that warreth entangleth himself with M3 the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.' ' Nor will the good soldier of Jesus Christ be meddling with those affairs, falling into those ways,... | |
| Richard Parkinson (D.D.) - 1835 - 448 pages
...THEREFORE, ENDURE HARDNESS, AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST. NO MAN, THAT WARRETH, ENTAXGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE ; THAT HE MAY PLEASE HIM WHO HATH CHOSEN HIM TO BE A SOLDIER. THESE animating and instructive words, addressed by the aged Apostle to his beloved son in the faith,... | |
| Christian education - 1835 - 754 pages
...the common hope. Respecting them, he goes on to say, 'No man that warreth eiitanglclh himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to he u soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully.'... | |
| Jacob Henry B. Mountain - Sermons, English - 1835 - 482 pages
...ourselves "good soldiers of Jesus Christ." "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life, that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier V If we are " members of Christ," we must be conformed to Him who is the Head of the body; we must... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1836 - 1062 pages
...w;th the affairs of this life; AD 65 or 66. ., . _ . AUC 818. that he may please him who А£Гю." 22. Matt. v. 39, 40. Luke vi. 29. Horn. xii. 17, 19....Thera. iv. 6. political consequence. They profess ь The e husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say ; and... | |
| Ed Marr - Religion - 2004 - 530 pages
...therefore, endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier [for a cause greater than himself]." (brackets mine) Every Tongue That Shall Rise Against Thee in Judgment... | |
| Ray Hundley - Religion - 2004 - 302 pages
...hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." (2 Tim, 2:3) "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." (2 Tim. 2:4) "And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully."... | |
| Ken Zieverink - Religion - 2004 - 174 pages
...therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of 'this life: that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier" (2Timothy 2:3-4). Be a good soldier of Jesus Christ. He chose you. But it is up to you as to whether... | |
| Peter L. Mehl - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 162 pages
...therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier," Are we Christian soldiers or not? What pleases Jesus? He is pleased when we obey and fulfill the Great... | |
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