Sentences with phrase «knows whence»

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.

He speaks with God in the simple speech of a child, and one knows whence is the secret of the great faith and enthusiasm that has called him to give his life to the establishment of pure Christianity in America's new possession in the Orient.

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.

Not exact matches

By what means shall we know that, when we are so deeply immersed in the seasonal pronouncements of Madison Avenue, where Christmas begins (at the latest) in early November and ends on December 26, whence commences Valentine's Day?

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

Consequently in regard to propositions that belong to Revelation it still remains possible to ask the source whence they were known, how they were revealed, and in what respect, and the reply need not in every case be that God, who knows all things, simply made them known.

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.

And this is in great measure because the reality of an encompassing and incomprehensible mystery, which would be the only «whence» of revelation, is no longer an obvious aspect of everyone's experience.

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

Always our being is descending into us from we know not whence.»

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....

Maybe it may be worth something for Alhaji Asoma Banda to learn that yours truly's own maternal grandparents who extensively traveled and worked in the Brong - Ahafo Region, including among the Banda people and their district, from whence the renowned business mogul hails, personally knew the parents of Alhaji Banda.

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

Jacques Monod concurred; in his 1976 book Chance and Necessity he wrote, «Man knows at last that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the universe, whence which he has emerged by chance.»

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.

Who knows to whence are they slithering?

Otto Dix was a German painter and printmaker best known for his unforgiving depiction of Weimar Society and the Great War from whence it was forged.

Whence springs this world of nature as we know it?

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

Yes, it heralds yet another study that confirms what toxicologists increasingly know: the plethora of chemicals in our environment and consumer products do stay in the body, from whence the once reassuring blood - brain barrier or placental barrier effects have proven less reliable than hoped.

It is also known that nanoparticles can cross the air - blood - barrier when inhaled, from whence they can move into the internal organs, and that some nanoparticles can cross the placental barrier.

They're helpful short circuits in our neural system, sending signals to the spinal cord, whence action signals are relayed back in what's known... [more]

They're helpful short circuits in our neural system, sending signals to the spinal cord, whence action signals are relayed back in what's known as the reflex arc, bypassing the time - consuming trek up to the brain and back down again.

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.