Christian Quotes by John Calvin

There is no wisdom but that which is focused on the fear of God.

— John Calvin

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

— John Calvin

True faith is ever connected with hope.

— John Calvin

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh.

— John Calvin

My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.

— John Calvin

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve

— John Calvin

There is no wisdom but that which is founded on the fear of God, which Solomon also declares to be the chief…

— John Calvin

The Bible is the sceptre by which the Heavenly King rules His Church.

— John Calvin

Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste…

— John Calvin

Let that ethical philosophy therefore of free-will be far from a Christian mind.

— John Calvin

Indeed, a Christian ought to be disposed and prepared to keep in mind that he has to reckon with God every moment…

— John Calvin

The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.

— John Calvin

The door is closed to prayer unless it is opened with the key of trust.

— John Calvin

To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in…

— John Calvin

Moreover, a true Christian will not ascribe any prosperity to his own diligence, industry, or good fortune, but he will acknowledge that…

— John Calvin

The church is the gathering of God's children, where they can be helped and fed like babies and then guided by her…

— John Calvin

“It is not the mere fear of punishment that restrains [man] from sin. Loving and revering God as his father, honouring and…

— John Calvin

Christians rejoice even while they truly sorrow - because their rejoicing is in the hope of heaven... While joy overcomes sorrow, it…

— John Calvin

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the…

— John Calvin

Those little children have not yet any understanding to desire His blessing; but when they are presented to Him, He gently and…

— John Calvin

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly…

— John Calvin

No one in this earthly prison of the body has sufficient strength of his own to press forward with a due degree…

— John Calvin

Pagan philosophers set up reason as the sole guide of life, of wisdom and conduct; but Christian philosophy demands of us that…

— John Calvin

The whole life of Christians ought to be an exercise of piety, since they are called to sanctification. It is the office…

— John Calvin