Category Archives: Meditations by P.Wilhelm Löhe (Translation)

LÖHE ON 2.CORINTHIANS 11:28-30

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn? If I must boast, I … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON 2.CORINTHIANS 11:23

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. (2Co 11:23a NIV) The apostle St. Paul compares himself with his enemies, the false teachers in Corinth: “Are they servants of Christ? … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON 2.CORINTHIANS 11:19-21

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise! In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or pushes himself forward or slaps you in the face. … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON JOHN 12:26

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

My Father will honor the one who serves me. (Joh 12:26 NIV) If somebody obeys God faithfully and does not seek his own, but strives to serve God and be his loyal instrument, then this tool is honored and God … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON PSALM 18:36

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

You humble me to pick me up. (Psalm 18:36) Although his father is King and he has a right to believe that he is to ascend to the throne of Israel, it remains the magnificence of Jonathan that he voluntarily … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON REVELATIONS 2:10

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Revelatin 2:10 NIV) Our passion, our patience, our abstinence in living as Christians must be strengthened by enjoying and being invigorated by the … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 9:25-27

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 9:24

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. (1Co 9:24 NIV) The apostle uses a two-fold picture to describe zeal … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 10:1-6

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON GENESIS 24:31

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” he said. “Why are you standing out here?” (Gen 24:31 NIV) “Septuagesimae”: 70 day’s of Lenten preparations before Easter have now begun. The first Sunday of nine, which fall into this period … Continue reading →

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