 | Charles Bridges - 1831 - 340 páginas
...qualification — " This is a true saying" (his peculiar mark of emphasis, i. 15. iv. 9. 2 Tim. ii. 11.) " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."f The apostle evidently intends to mark a constraining desire, an excitement much beyond that... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1832 - 384 páginas
...called d, or that is worshipped, &c. After the apostle declared, (1 Tim. iii. 1,) This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work ; a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, &c. ; — he looks forward prophetically to the times of which the Spirit... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1832 - 392 páginas
...or that is worshipped, &c. After the apostle had declared, (1 Tim. iii. 1,) This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work; a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, &c.; — he looks forward prophetically to the times of which the Spirit spoke... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 páginas
...ordain for public administration in the church of Gyd. Thus he speaks, ver. I. 'TPHIS is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work ; Observe here, 1. Our apostle acquaints Timothy with the dignity, honour, and excellency, of the sacred... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1833 - 192 páginas
...liberty to neglect this duty, for God has imposed it upon them, (/) 1 Tim. iii. 1. This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — Jer. iii. 15. And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1834 - 384 páginas
...disorderly among you. — Ver. 9. To make ourselves an cnsample to you to follow us. 1 Tim. iii. 1 — 6. If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work. A bishop must be blameless, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy... | |
 | L. S. E., Michael Augustus Gathercole - 1834 - 434 páginas
...to the people, mind) respecting the qualifications of a Bishop, or Elder. " This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop, then, must be blameless," &c., with a list of the qualifications which Timothy was to think requisite... | |
 | Nicholas Snethen - 1835 - 390 páginas
...Ghost hath made you (said he) (episcopi) overseers" — "This is a faithful saying, if a man desires the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work" — "A bishop must be blameless" — "To all the saints at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons" — "The elders I exhort, who am also an... | |
 | Menno Simons - 1835 - 506 páginas
...teaches and reproves others, that he first himself be rightly taught and unblamable, as Paul teaches : If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality,... | |
 | Reginald Rabett - 1835 - 408 páginas
...Pope. Moreover, St. Paul tells us that 2" marriage is honorable in ALL," &c. And again : " that, 3 " If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop, therefore, must be blameless, the HUSBAND of one wife" Of Deacons he observes, * " Let the Deacons... | |
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This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 
