...discharged well by us, and with a good conscience. Hence that counsel of the Apostle, 1 Cor. vii. 20, Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called ; For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free man ; vers. 22. 2. It is not...

...exhortation." 1 Cor. xii. 29. " Are all apostles ? Are all prophets ? Are all teachers ?" 1 Cor. vii. 20. " Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called." 1 Thes. iv. 11. "And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business^ and to work with your...

...a Jew become a Christian ? " Let him not become uncircumcised ;" ie let him not renounce Judaism. " Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing,...Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he is called."* These reasons satisfied me that it was right for Selumiel to engage with his countrymen...

...antijacobinical writings, the too much neglected and often sadly misunderstood epistles of Paul. " Let every man abide in the same calling, wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant ? (<5ouXos,) care not for it ; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called...

...become the proselytes of the Mosaic religion. It was because of this the apostle had written to them, "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God" (1 Cor. 7:19). That was indeed a startling thing to affirm, for it was God who had instituted circumcision...

...divine order'. The authority for this view was St Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, 7:20: 'Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called'. The 'calling' of miners was an economic one, to be justified in terms of the provision of work and...

...circumcision avalleth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh bviove. " Galatians 5:6. "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God." t Corinthians 7:19. The beloved Apostle John, who defines sin in terms of transgression of the law...

...being in Christ is only a profession, and is in vain. And as it is written yet again in another place: "Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God" is something. But this only when the man "is a new creature:" only when the keeping of the commandments...

...not from legal motives — only for what they may obtain. But how very rarely does the pulpit quote "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God" (I Cor. 7:19) — that which respects our submission to the Divine authority, our walking in subjection...

...the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (Romans 8:3,4). Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God (1 Corinthians 7:19). For He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou...