If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Whoever wishes to be a Christian, let him pluck out the eyes of his reason. — 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
As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“If I go back home to Wittenberg, I'll lie down in a coffin and give the maggots a fat doctor to eat.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
True Christian love is not derived from things without, but floweth from the heart, as from a spring. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses? — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Christian gospel is a two-way road. On the one hand, it seeks to change the souls of men, and thereby unite… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The highest gift and favor of God is a pious, kind, godly, and domestic wife, with whom thou mayest live peaceably, and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
No greater mischief can happen to a Christian people, than to have God's word taken from them, or falsified, so that they… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The Christian should always think: 'If peace and tranquility reign today, it will be different tomorrow. The devil can shoot a dart… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God is ready to give more quickly, and to give more than you ask; yea, he offers his treasures if we only… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When we are inclined to boast of our position [as Christians] we should remember that we are but Gentiles, while the Jews… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Monastic vows rest on the false assumption that there is a special calling, a vocation, to which superior Christians are invited to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
May a merciful God preserve me from a Christian Church in which everyone is a saint! I want to be and remain… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us because we… — 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
Therefore we Christians, in turn, are obliged not to tolerate their wanton and conscious blasphemy — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
What would it matter if, for the sake of the Christian Church, one were to tell a big lie? — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
How is God's name hallowed among us? When both our doctrine and living are truly Christian. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Here is the truly Christian life, here is faith really working by love, when a man applies himself with joy and love… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A Christian is free and independent in every respect, a bond servant to none. A Christian is a dutiful servant in every… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
[It is] essentially wholesome and necessary, for a Christian to know, whether or not the will does any thing in those things… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The offering of [the body] is called a spiritual sacrifice because it is freely sacrificed through the Spirit, the Christian being uninfluenced… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The first care of every Christian ought to be to lay aside all reliance on works, and strengthen his faith alone more… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God is not a God of sadness, death, etc., but the devil is. Christ is a God of joy, and so the… — 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
![“What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church? [...] a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them.” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fe2/martin-luther-106_accepting_what-harm-would-it-do-if-a-man-told-a-go_2919130.jpg)
![“When we are inclined to boast of our position [as Christians] we should remember that we are but Gentiles, while the Jews are of the lineage of Christ. We are aliens and in-laws; they are blood relatives, cousins, and brothers of our Lord. Therefore, if one is to boast of flesh and blood the Jews…” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b27/martin-luther-106_aliens_when-we-are-inclined-to-boast-of-our-pos_2609372.jpg)
![“[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us because we are learning so childishly to toddle along the benches, nay, to creep in the mire, and cannot skip and dance, on such light feet and legs, over and outside of God's commandments, as…” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79b/martin-luther-106_benches_the-papists-ought-to-have-sympathy-with_2321648.jpg)
![“This letter [to the Romans] is truly the most important piece in the New Testament. It is purest Gospel. It is well worth a Christian's while not only to memorize it word for word but also to occupy himself with it daily, as though it were the daily bread of the soul. It is impossible to read or…” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5a6/martin-luther-106_bible_this-letter-to-the-romans-is-truly-the-m_153943.jpg)
![“[It is] essentially wholesome and necessary, for a Christian to know, whether or not the will does any thing in those things which pertain unto Salvation. Nay, let me tell you, this is the very hinge upon which our discussion turns. It is the very heart of the subject” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e08/martin-luther-106_christian_it-is-essentially-wholesome-and-necessar_1006598.jpg)
![“The offering of [the body] is called a spiritual sacrifice because it is freely sacrificed through the Spirit, the Christian being uninfluenced by the constrainst of the Low or the fear of hell.” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be2/martin-luther-106_body_the-offering-of-the-body-is-called-a-spi_588934.jpg)
