 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.  Conversations on Religious Subjects Between a Father and His Two Sons - Page 37by Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1835 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1844 - 462 pages
...spiritual blessings, and are all in Christ Jesus, for safety. Of the possessors of them it is said, "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual...holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." Jesus gives them eternal life, and they shall never perish. "If... | |
 | 1844 - 524 pages
...Church membership. The Apostle Peter represents the Church as a body of believers. " Ye :ilso, as lively stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. " * Unbelievers (whether men, women, or children,) cannot offer... | |
 | Miner Grant Clarke - Baptism - 1844 - 152 pages
...power of the Gospel. Hence, the Apostle, in addressing them, said CHURCH COMMUNION. " Ye. as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." To the first Gospel Church at Jerusalem, it is said : " The Lord... | |
 | Robert Shirley BUNBURY - 1845 - 210 pages
...God's worship in the sanctuary. Carefully should both extremes be avoided. We are all as Christians, ' a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ' — 1 Pet. ii. 5 — but the distinguishing and leading charge of the Head of that one and only Catholic... | |
 | 1847 - 678 pages
...living God, remains. Believers in Christ are now the temple of the Holy Spirit ; as living stones they are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. And the joys of worship are not less in the Christian than... | |
 | 1846 - 508 pages
...in our text, that men should repent before they could be baptized, writes in his general epistle, " ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual...holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." Unconverted persons, whether men, women or children, cannot offer... | |
 | Thomas Powell (Wesleyan Minister.) - Apostolic succession - 1846 - 376 pages
...not do to say, that spiritually we must; for, spiritually, ALL God's PEOPLE are a royal PRIESTHOOD, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter ii, 5, 9. Therefore literally and really, without a figure, on his principles, we must have daily sacrifices,... | |
 | Robert Boyte Crawford Howell - Baptists - 1846 - 282 pages
...of the Spirit and belief of the truth, whereunto they are called by the Gospel; and THEN, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ; and to manifest their attachment to the laws, doctrines, and ordinances... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 740 pages
...ministers of Christ ; while it is applied to all individual Christians, who, in their worship of God, are "a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ," 1 Pet. ii. 5. On this main principle of Popery — a pretended ministerial priesthood in Christianity,... | |
 | Catholic Church - Missals - 1846 - 838 pages
...stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and made honourable by God; be you also as living stones built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore it is contained in the Scripture: " Behold I lay in Sion... | |
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