Bible Quotes by Martin Luther

My conscience is captive to the Word of God

— Martin Luther

Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child.

— Martin Luther

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.

— Martin Luther

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

— Martin Luther

When the Scripture speaks, God speaks

— Martin Luther

Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.

— Martin Luther

The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.

— Martin Luther

“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.”

— Martin Luther

The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and…

— Martin Luther

The bible is the cradle that holds the Christ, without him it is nothing more than wood and straw.

— Martin Luther

A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council.

— Martin Luther

You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not…

— Martin Luther

Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing

— Martin Luther

Jesus Christ never died for our good works. They were not worth dying for. But he gave himself for our sins, according…

— Martin Luther

I only ask in all kindness that the man who wishes at this time to have my books will by no means…

— Martin Luther

“You see then, that Diatribe truly possesses a free choice in her handling of Scriptures, so that words of one and the…

— Martin Luther

Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it. While that remains…

— Martin Luther

“Everything bad in the Old Testament (and there's a lot) is there to point out our sin, while everything good in the…

— Martin Luther

I believe that the devil has destroyed many good books of the church, as, aforetime, he killed and crushed many holy persons,…

— Martin Luther

He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of…

— Martin Luther

“Virtually the whole of the scriptures and the understanding of the whole of theology—the entire Christian life, even—depends upon the true understanding…

— Martin Luther

I am bound by the texts of the Bible, my conscience is captive to the Word of God, I neither can nor…

— Martin Luther

In a word, the Holy Scripture is the highest and best of books, abounding in comfort under all afflictions and trials. It…

— Martin Luther

I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did…

— Martin Luther

A theologian should be thoroughly in possession of the basis and source of faith--that is to say, the Holy Scriptures. Armed with…

— Martin Luther

We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by…

— Martin Luther

The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and…

— Martin Luther

“here where we are concerned not with the dogma of Scripture and the Corycian cavern only, but in very truth with the…

— Martin Luther

This letter [to the Romans] is truly the most important piece in the New Testament. It is purest Gospel. It is well…

— Martin Luther

Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether…

— Martin Luther

“ON GETTING DRUNK: "Those who are Christians are to see to it that they are grateful for grace and redemption and conduct…

— Martin Luther

“But to be brief. The clearness of the Scripture is twofold; even as the obscurity is twofold also. The one is external,…

— Martin Luther

“The number of books on theology must be reduced and only the best ones published. It is not many books that make…

— Martin Luther

“Some pastors are lazy and no good” by Martin Luther “Some pastors and preachers are lazy and no good. They rely on…

— Martin Luther

“There is talk of a new astrologer [Nicolaus Copernicus] who wants to prove that the earth moves and goes around instead of…

— Martin Luther

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout…

— Martin Luther

It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word…

— Martin Luther

“For hardly any of the ecclesiastical writers have handled the Divine Scriptures more ineptly and absurdly than Origen and Jerome.”

— Martin Luther

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.

— Martin Luther

Sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.

— Martin Luther