 | 1881 - 570 psl.
...shall appear," St. John tells us in a passage already quoted, "we shall be like Him," And why shall we be like Him? " Because we shall see Him as He is " (1 John iii. 2). Everyone who sees Christ is necessarily, according to John, like to Christ. This implies the resurrection... | |
 | Ignatius de Loyola (st.) - 1881 - 398 psl.
...Himself, according to the words of St. John : " We know that when He shall appear, we shall be like to Him ; because we shall see Him as He is" (1 John iii. 2). 4. Beatitude of the will. This beatitude will be to love and possess God. To love God is the true object... | |
 | Richard Glover - 1881 - 122 psl.
...re-appear in our lives, until at last the complete answer of our deepest yearning will be given, and " WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, BECAUSE WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE is." Note on the Sixth Petition. The Revised New Testament renders this petition : "And bring us not into... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 604 psl.
...precious promises, that by these you may be made partakers of his divine nature." So also St. John : — " We are now the sons of God, and it hath not yet appeared...shall be like him ; because we shall see him as he is. This fact in these times is overlooked. Men have wished to rationalize the Gospel, to find a philosophic... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - 1883 - 918 psl.
...gaze for ever upon His glory ! This is " the beatific vision," but it shall be no mere vision, for " we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is," i John, 3. 2. 0 righteous Father, the world hath not known thee (" knew thee not"), but I have known... | |
 | François Xavier Schouppe - 1883 - 272 psl.
...it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like to Him, because we shall see Him as He is (1 John, iii. 2). The Resurrection of the Body. What a magnificent prospect, what a sweet hope for the faithful servant... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 598 psl.
...pertains to nature is not a gift, and what is already possessed cannot be said tobesomethmg^ww/ii«<?rf. Therefore the participation of the divine nature in...But this we do know, that when he shall appear we shall be like him. But this likeness is supernatural, not that to which we were created ; otherwise... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 592 psl.
..." We are now the sons of God, and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that»when he shall appear we shall be like, him, because we shall...But this we do know, that when he shall appear we shall be like him. But this likeness is supernatural, not that to which we were created ; otherwise... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 596 psl.
...of the divine nature, in a supernatural sense ? Again, the blessed apostle in the same passage says, "We shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is." So St. Paul, 1 Cor. xiii. 12 : " Now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face ; now I... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1884 - 596 psl.
...divine nature, in a supernatural sense ? Again, the blessed apostle in the same passage says, "AVe shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is." So St. Paul, 1 Cor. xiii. 12 : " Now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face ; now I... | |
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We are now the sons of God, and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that when he shall appear we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 
