 | Daniel Wilson - 1837 - 486 pages
...those who may succeed them. As the apostle enjoins in the seventeenth verse, " Obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves, for they...not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you." Rulers there ever are in the Church of God. We are to obey them whilst living ; we are to remember... | |
 | John Jebb - 1837 - 512 pages
...notes as an heinous sin. Finally, to sum up your duty in the Apostle's words : " Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they...not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you." -fI might, in the next place, take an occasion from what has been said, to press the great obligation... | |
 | Charles Augustus Thurlow - 1838 - 182 pages
...being in subjection to their own husbands; even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord." HEB. xiii, 17. "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit...not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you." ROMANS. xiii, 7. 1 PETER, ii, 13. "Render therefore to all their dues, fear to whom fear, and honor... | |
 | John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 pages
...conversation'; Jesus Christ' the same yesterday', and to-day', and for ever'. 17, 18, Obey them that have the rule over you', and submit yourselves': for they...not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you': Pray for us'. 1. Its Shortness—Job ix. 25, 26, Now my days are swifter ' than aposf; they see no... | |
 | Family Sanctuary, Family sanctuary - 1838 - 598 pages
...good and to communicate forget not ; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they...not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Pray for us : for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. But I... | |
 | Thomas Powell (Wesleyan minister.) - 1838 - 192 pages
...the Hebrews, there finds the care of the Church divided EQUALLY amongst MANY : ' Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they...not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.' And Peter, who received his name from the firmness of his faith, says, in his Epistle, ' The PRESBYTERS... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1839 - 616 pages
...their conversation: Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they...not with grief — for that is unprofitable for you. The official epithets, qualifications, and duties, explicitly mentioned in the above quotations, duly... | |
 | Robert Shirley Bunbury - 1839 - 138 pages
...have apostolical authority for recommending submission to spiritual teachers : " Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they...not with grief, for that is unprofitable for you." Permit me, further, to entreat you to examine the spirit the gospel inculcates, and what are the restraints... | |
 | 1839 - 596 pages
...immediately follows an authoritative admonition to obey their spiritual rulers : " Obey them that have " the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for " they...not with grief, for that is unprofitable for you. " Pray for us ; for we trust we have a good con" science, in all things willing to live honestly. "... | |
 | W. J. P. Wilkinson - 1839 - 124 pages
...have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God," xiii. 7 ; " Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they...not with grief, for that is unprofitable for you," verse 17. See where Paul gives this direction to Timothy, " Let the elders that rule well, be counted... | |
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Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 
