--- title: "4 Apostles Quotes By J. C. Ryle" description: "4 Apostles quotes by J. C. Ryle. Plus more from J. C. Ryle and more Apostles sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/j-c-ryle-789_apostles_amidst-the-flood-of-dangerous-reading-i_14261.jpg" --- > [Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/amidst-the-flood-of-dangerous-reading-i-plead-for-my-master-s-book-i/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/j-c-ryle-789_apostles_amidst-the-flood-of-dangerous-reading-i_14261.jpg) > [Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/millions-of-people-profess-and-call-themselves-christians-whom-the/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/j-c-ryle-789_apostle-paul_millions-of-people-profess-and-call-them_167280.png) > [What you think now about the cross of Christ, I cannot tell; but I can wish you nothing better than this -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/what-you-think-now-about-the-cross-of-christ-i-cannot-tell-but-i-can/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/j-c-ryle-789_able_what-you-think-now-about-the-cross-of-ch_2663561.png) > [The best of men are only men at their very best. Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, - martyrs, fathers, reformers, puritans, - all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-best-of-men-are-only-men-at-their-very-best-patriarchs-prophets/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/j-c-ryle-789_apostles_the-best-of-men-are-only-men-at-their-ve_3033347.jpg) ## Other authors on Apostles - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-benedict-xvi-75881.jpg) Pope Benedict XVI 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/pope-benedict-xvi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-luther-64750.jpg) Martin Luther 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/martin-luther/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gregory-palamas-39489.jpg) Gregory Palamas 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/gregory-palamas/) - [Saint Augustine 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/saint-augustine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-cassian-51120.jpg) John Cassian 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/john-cassian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-irenaeus-of-lyons-44519.jpg) Irenaeus of Lyons 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/irenaeus-of-lyons/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-anderssen-9526.jpg) Ignatius of Antioch 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/ignatius-of-antioch/) ## More by J. C. Ryle > [When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/when-a-person-s-tongue-is-extensively-wrong-it-is-absurd-no-less-than/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/love-should-be-the-silver-thread-that-runs-through-all-your-conduct/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/amidst-the-flood-of-dangerous-reading-i-plead-for-my-master-s-book-i/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/persecution-in-short-is-like-the-goldsmith-s-stamp-on-real-silver-and/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-parent-who-tries-to-train-without-setting-a-good-example-is/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/we-are-all-naturally-self-righteous-it-is-the-family-disease-of-all/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/sunday-morning-before-we-go-to-hear-the-word-of-god-preached-let-us/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-true-secret-of-spiritual-strength-is-self-distrust-and-deep/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [That Bible is read best, which is practised most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/that-bible-is-read-best-which-is-practised-most/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/o-christian-look-up-and-take-comfort-jesus-has-prepared-a-place-for/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/let-your-christianity-be-so-unmistakable-your-eye-so-single-your/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/let-it-be-a-settled-principle-that-men-s-salvation-if-saved-is-wholly/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [That Bible is read best - which is practiced most!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/that-bible-is-read-best-which-is-practiced-most/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/if-we-would-know-whether-our-faith-is-genuine-we-do-well-to-ask/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) > [To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/to-be-born-again-is-as-it-were-to-enter-upon-a-new-existence-to-have/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apostles/j-c-ryle/#itemlist", "name": "4 Apostles Quotes By J. C. 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