 | William Paley - Theology - 1812 - 586 pages
...preaching of the gospel. " Whereof I Paul am made a minister, who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his body's sake, which is the church." Col. ch. i. 24. " If in this life only we have hope in Christ,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 432 pages
...sufferings ; I suffer, I die for the gospel ; it is my highest glory ; it is my badge of conformity to ray adorable Saviour : " I fill up that which is behind...the afflictions of Christ in my flesh," Col. i. 24. " I bear in my body the marks of the Lord .lesus," Gal. vi. 17. It is one of the motives which our... | |
 | J. Calderbank - 1814 - 256 pages
...of the great Apostle of the Gentiles. * xlii. 3. Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and Jill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake which is the Church."* If this language does not go to establish the sentiments... | |
 | Samuel Stanhope Smith - Natural theology - 1815 - 570 pages
...fabric. It is contained in the following words : — Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ, in my flesh, for his body's sake, which is tlu church, — ch. i. ver. 24. The expression my sufferings for you... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 644 pages
...which ye have heard - whereof I Paul am made a minister. Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his body's sake, which is the church. Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1816 - 524 pages
...remission and expiation of sins; and that in this sense we ought to understand the declaration of Paul, " I fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his body's sake, which is the Church." (£) What is- this but leaving Christ a mere name, and in... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1817 - 530 pages
...them to co-operate, except by adding a fervent Amen to his prayer for them. When the apostle said, "I fill up that which is behind " of the afflictions of Christ, in my flesh, for his body's "sake, which is the church; "J did he mean, that the sufferings of Christ, and his sufferings... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 568 pages
...apostle, speaking of his suffering, says, Col. i. 24. " Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that 'which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh." To the same purpose is Matt. xxv. 35, &c. "I was an hungered, naked, sick, and in prison," &c. And... | |
 | Socinianism - 1818 - 534 pages
...brethren :" and Paul wrote concerning himself (Col. i. 24), "I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake which is the Church." But it is certain both that the believers did' not give satisfaction... | |
 | Thomas Rees - Catechisms - 1818 - 548 pages
...brethren :" and Paul wrote concerning himself (Col. i. 24), "I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake which is the Church." But it is certain both that the believers did not give satisfaction... | |
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Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church... 
