“You see then, that Diatribe truly possesses a free choice in her handling of Scriptures, so that words of one and the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
This letter [to the Romans] is truly the most important piece in the New Testament. It is purest Gospel. It is well… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Some pastors are lazy and no good” by Martin Luther “Some pastors and preachers are lazy and no good. They rely on… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We ought not to criticize, explain, or judge the Scriptures by our mere reason, but diligently, with prayer, meditate thereon, and seek… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In truth you cannot read too much in Scripture; and what you read you cannot read too carefully, and what you read… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“There is talk of a new astrologer [Nicolaus Copernicus] who wants to prove that the earth moves and goes around instead of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have undertaken to translate the Bible into German. This was good for me; otherwise I might have died in the mistaken… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“For hardly any of the ecclesiastical writers have handled the Divine Scriptures more ineptly and absurdly than Origen and Jerome.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I am bound by the texts of the Bible, my conscience is captive to the Word of God, I neither can nor… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have done nothing; the Word has done and accomplished everything.... I let the Word do its work! — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it. While that remains… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The bible is the cradle that holds the Christ, without him it is nothing more than wood and straw. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image