 Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and...  A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews - Pagina 228de Philip Edgcumbe Hughes - 1987 - 623 paginiPrevizualizare limitată - Despre această carte
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - 1991 - 420 pagini
...way of speaking about the experience of the Holy Spirit. Augustine's favorite New Testament passage, "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us," commended itself to the exponents of the theology of the heart as a way of speaking that could emphasize... | |
 | Francis Ripley - 1973 - 332 pagini
...then, face up to the efforts needed, supported by the faith and hope which do not disappoint . . . because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Let them beg divine help by persevering prayer. Above all, let them draw... | |
 | J.Y. Lee - 1974 - 134 pagini
...profound insight about the relationship between Agape and the Holy Spirit. In other words, the statement, "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5 : 5), seems to imply that the Holy Spirit is not only identical with Agape but an agent through... | |
 | John Howard Schütz - 1975 - 328 pagini
...'indicative' character of the reality of reconciliation, or, to use Paul's favorite term, 'justification': '...God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.' The energizing and impelling facet of this possession of spirit is found throughout the letters and... | |
 | W. William David Davies, Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly, Robin Jerome Scroggs - 1976 - 350 pagini
...'mystic ladder', a device common to Hellenistic literature.33 In 5:3-5 Paul writes, "More than that we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering...character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us " And in 8:29f. : "For those whom he foreknew he also predestined ... and those whom he predestined... | |
 | Adrien Nocent - 1977 - 336 pagini
...trials and struggles take on a meaning they can have only for someone who has received the Spirit: "We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering...endurance produces character, and character produces hope" (5:3-4). Life in the Spirit thus brings us peace with God through Christ in the Spirit, who pours out... | |
 | Lewis B. Smedes - 1978 - 168 pagini
...Christian experience means: "I am sure as I face the future." Now we should note that this is true "because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit" (Romans 5:5). Love is the power behind the hope that "does not disappoint us." Love stimulates the... | |
 | James M. Gustafson - 1979 - 292 pagini
...5:25. The text contains these memorable phrases: "We rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God." "We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering...produces character, and character produces hope." Bultmann comments, "Out of hope comes hope" and "Hope is a vitality that, by bearing up in affliction... | |
 | Origen - 1979 - 324 pagini
...our martyrdom. A time of boasts is present for us Christians. For it says, "More than that, we boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces...produces character, and character produces hope, and hope is not ashamed; only, let the love of God be poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit" (cf. Rom.... | |
 | Geoffrey Wainwright - 1984 - 626 pagini
...and with his fellow human beings. According to the apostle Paul, the human response is made possible 'because God's love has been poured into our hearts...through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us' (Romans 5 :1-11). It is the gift of the Spirit which enables human beings to love and therefore to... | |
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