Sentences with phrase «know whence it comes»

It is well illustrated by a verse in the Gospel of John (3:8) «The wind [pneuma] blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit [pneuma].»

But our future is not what is said to us in these words, so that we should know whence we come and what we must endure, our future is he who says these words; their deepest sense is that HE is addressing us.

«The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit» (John 3:8).

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit [John 3:8].

Only when we know that we do not know where we come from or where we are going can we hear the wisdom of one who says with authority: «Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but you know not whence I come, or whither I go.

When a man knows that his name is written in the Book of Life, in the Book of Election, he knows whence comes the peace that passes all understanding.

Not exact matches

We know not whence they come or whither they go; but we can not evade them.

It was not until he had confided some of them to his wife who encouraged him, that he felt sure whence the visions came, and so came to believe that he was called to be the prophet of God, the human voice through whom the will of Allah might be made known to men.

Transported who knows why or whence He was simply there one spring - The bird who came to dinner and stayed.

If possible return to your churches from whence you came, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

I know not from whence the idea came, but I had to struggle during my Saturday morning yoga class to suppress visions of pungent red curry paste, creamy coconut milk, and crumbly - chewy tempeh so that I could follow my teacher's directive to «focus on your breath.»

This Season: After a terrible six - month spell in Portugal with Benfica (which you can read a bit more about here) the artist formerly known as «Gabigol» has now returned from whence he came, and it's as if he's never been away.

The nurses washed him brought him to me and I said in a loud voice: No, this baby isn't mine, take him back from whence he came....

We, in the NPP, know from whence we came.

And even the middleschooler who has, with a straight face, said the words, «Justin Timberlake is, like, a musical genius,» will know exactly from whence they came.

She continues: We know not, really, from whence we come nor whence we will go.

I think this time of year is the best time to bring out the memories, after all it's the memories that make us who we are and sustain us as we get older, it is how our children know from whence they come.