John 21:18
Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were younger you fastened your own belt and went wherever you wished. But when you have grown old, you will stretch out your hands, and then someone else will fasten a belt on you and take you where you do not wish to go."
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites John 21:18
…when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee” (John 21:18, ASV). The movement from self-direction to surrendered discipleship resembles Nee's…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
Vught cites John 21:18
…words to Peter: “another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not” (John 21:18, ASV). She had always been independent. Now she was being humbled, and she told herself…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites John 21:18
…and the embroidery lesson. Scriptures to revisit Isaiah 43:1-3; Philippians 2:14-15; John 21:18. Reflection 1. What would it mean to see your present suffering as the underside of the…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 8 — Of Bearing the Cross cites John 21:18
…forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee; and carry thee whither thou wouldest not,” (John 21:18). It is not probable, indeed, that when it became necessary to glorify God by death he…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Man's Chief End cites John 21:18
…glorify God in a high degree when we suffer for God, and seal the gospel with our blood. John 21:18, 19. ‘When thou shalt be old, another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou…