Religion Quotes by Martin Luther

Faith is under the left nipple.

— Martin Luther

“Faith is Individual”

— Martin Luther

Reason is the enemy of faith.

— Martin Luther

The defects of a preacher are soon spied.

— Martin Luther

Faith is the yes of the heart.

— Martin Luther

Christians are rare people on earth.

— Martin Luther

Grace was not given to heal the spiritually sick but to decorate spiritual heroes!

— Martin Luther

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

— Martin Luther

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.

— Martin Luther

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

— Martin Luther

Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor.

— Martin Luther

Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.

— Martin Luther

This is true faith, a living confidence in the goodness of God.

— Martin Luther

The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.

— 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

“The world bears the Gospel a grudge because the Gospel condemns the religious wisdom of the world.”

— Martin Luther

I would not have preachers torment their hearers, and detain them with long and tedious preaching.

— 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

He that will maintain that man's free will is able to do or work anything in spiritual cases, be they never so…

— Martin Luther

If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are…

— Martin Luther

Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how…

— Martin Luther

To worship God in spirit is the service and homage of the heart, and implies fear of God and trust in Him.

— Martin Luther

“Thus the Turks also regard us as damned because of the disasters and troubles we endure. But they promise themselves eternal happiness…

— Martin Luther

The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough ... Moreover, our greatest task is to…

— Martin Luther

The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle,…

— Martin Luther

Christ will remain a priest and king; though He was never consecrated by any papist bishop or greased by any of those…

— Martin Luther

Look to it that you do not try to do all of it, do not try to do too much, lest your…

— Martin Luther

The state of matrimony is the chief in the world after religion; but people shun it because of its inconveniences, like one…

— Martin Luther

“PRAYER O God, our merciful Father in heaven, fill our hearts with patience under the cross, strengthen our faith, and so govern…

— Martin Luther

It is the duty of a prudent minister of God to hold his ministry in honor and to see to it that…

— Martin Luther

“A woman must be a woman and cannot be a man. She, too, is God's creature and her divine station is that…

— Martin Luther

“Now you tell me, when a father goes ahead and washes diapers or performs some other mean task for his child, and…

— Martin Luther

Peter erred in life and in doctrine. Paul might have dismissed Peter's error as a matter of no consequence. But Paul saw…

— Martin Luther

If I did not see that the Lord kept watch over the ship, I should long since have abandoned the helm. But…

— 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

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

— Martin Luther

“Did Christ die, or did He not die? Was His death worth while, or was it not? If His death was worth…

— Martin Luther

O, this faith is a living, busy, active, powerful thing! It is impossible that it should not be ceaselessly doing that which…

— Martin Luther

Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves?

— Martin Luther

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.

— Martin Luther