 | John Platts - 1827 - 676 pages
...suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. 1 PET. ii. 7, 8 : Unto you therefore who believe, he is precious ; but unto them which be disobedient,...of the corner, and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. h LUKE, vii. 24, 30: And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you 445 therefore which believe, he is precious ; but unlo them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders...same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stuimbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient : whereunto... | |
 | William Cogswell - Families - 1827 - 558 pages
...sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. 2. 8. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even...them which stumble at the word, being disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed. 2 Pet. 1. 10. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to... | |
 | John Edmund Jones - 1828 - 416 pages
...a stone of stumbling to any amongst us. The same Saviour is preached to all; " To you therefore who believe, he is precious : but unto them which be disobedient,...them which stumble at the word, being disobedient." Observe here, that disobedience is but another name for unbelief. Faith is the obedience of the heart... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1828 - 678 pages
...right to them that find knowledge. With deep and solemn impressions, remember the inspired passage, " Unto them which be disobedient, the STONE which the...them which stumble at the word, being disobedient." " Consider the question in debate, as too solemn and momentous in its bearings upon your own soul,... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...Let not that man think he shall receive, &c. —James i. 5 — 7. Unto you which believe, he is very precious; but unto them which be disobedient, the...of the corner; and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed.... | |
 | Lawrence W. Corob - Fiction - 2003 - 202 pages
...in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but...them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed." Here Peter declared how people of different powerful kingdoms... | |
 | Bernard E. Northrup - Religion - 2003 - 477 pages
...Unto you therefore that believe, He is precious, but unto those who are disobedient, the Stone that the builders disallowed, the same is made the head...stone of stumbling and a rock of offence, even to those who stumble at the Word, being disobedient, whereunto also they were appointed" (1 Peter 2:6-8).... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2003 - 476 pages
...appreciate, and even they only to a limited degree, the inestimable worth of the Lord Jesus. As Peter wrote, "Unto you therefore which believe he is precious:...disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed." The word translated "precious" is entimos, which means "of great price, costly in the superlative degree."... | |
 | Charles Grandison Finney - Religion - 2003 - 1234 pages
...that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre." 1 Pet. ii. 8: "And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence, even...them which stumble at the word, being disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed." Jude 4: "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were... | |
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Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word,... 
