 | 1819 - 488 sider
...i. 3. ' 1 Pet. i. 20, SI. * Heb. vi. H. *Gal. iii. 6. Rom. iv. 18, 20. * Rom. iv. » 1,13,14. • ' Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing, I will bless thee ; and multiplying, I will multiply thee. And so, after he... | |
 | 1820 - 336 sider
...Gen. xxii. 18. Some say this blessing is conditional. Hear then St. Paul: "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, surely* blessing i will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. • For men verily... | |
 | William Romaine - 1821 - 320 sider
...immutable things to rely upon. The Apostle has reasoned thus upon the subject. " When God made promise to " Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he " sware by himself; for men verily sware by the great*' er : and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end " of all... | |
 | Sinclare Kelburn - 1821 - 392 sider
...immutable things to rely upon. The apostle has reasoned thus upon the subject: " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself: for men verily swear by lhe greater: nnd an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife.... | |
 | 1849 - 700 sider
...Apostle here refers, is the " oath which was sworn to our father Abraham." " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself." The record is found in Genesis xxii. 1C, " By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord." But this is not... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1824 - 428 sider
...established, from what the writer of the epistle to Heb. saith (chap. vi. 13, 18.) " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself; saying, surely, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee, and so after he had... | |
 | 1824 - 462 sider
...followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 sider
...himself, and made an High Priest for ever, after the Order of Melchisedec. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 1 5 And so, after... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 sider
...comments on the revelation of his future purposes which God made to Abraham. " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by Himself, saying, Surely, blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee. And so alter he... | |
 | 1825 - 630 sider
...i. 68—75.) And, in the Epistle to the Hebrews, St. Paul tells us, that '.' when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by Himself; saying, surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." " Wherein—in which... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
