Christian Quotes by John Bunyan

Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.

— John Bunyan

“My name is now Christian, but my name used to be Graceless.”

— John Bunyan

The same yesterday, today, and forever.

— John Bunyan

If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.

— John Bunyan

“I seek an incorruptible inheritance,” Christian answered. “It’s pure and untarnished, and it never fades.”

— John Bunyan

“The new convert is tested to see if the words he professes are justified with corresponding fruit in his life. Christian's”

— John Bunyan

Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.

— John Bunyan

“On the Day of Judgment , life and death are not determined by the world but by God's wisdom and law”

— John Bunyan

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end

— John Bunyan

Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat…

— John Bunyan

If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet…

— John Bunyan

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

— John Bunyan

Therefore, I bind these lies and slanderous accusations to my person as an ornament; it belongs to my Christian profession to be…

— John Bunyan

The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented…

— John Bunyan

Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is…

— John Bunyan

Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with…

— John Bunyan

…just as Christian came up to the Cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, fell from off his back, and began…

— John Bunyan

“Then said Good-Will, "Alas, poor Pliable! Is the celestial glory of so little value to him that he considers it unworthy of…

— John Bunyan

“For the sake of Christ, God has made peace with the pilgrim, Christian. Christian is justified and is forgiven of all his…

— John Bunyan

“The highway is walled on both sides to indicate that for Christian, the way forward is secure and certain. After experiencing all…

— John Bunyan

Let dissolution come when it will, it can do the Christian no harm, for it will be but a passage out of…

— John Bunyan

“You are not yet out of reach of the gunshot of the Devil. You have not yet resisted unto death in your…

— John Bunyan

“The Word of God gives wounded Christian the victory. God renews his hope with His own promises, and Christian gives the Destroyer…

— John Bunyan

Take heed of driving so hard after this world, as to hinder thyself and family from those duties towards God, which thou…

— John Bunyan

Christian, let God's distinguishing love to you be a motive to you to fear Him greatly. He has put His fear in…

— John Bunyan

“Loosed of his burden, Christian makes his way to the bottom of the hill where he finds three men fast asleep. Foolish…

— John Bunyan

“Christian meets two more ill-fated pilgrims as he continues his expedition down the King's Highway. His ability to discern a false pilgrim…

— John Bunyan

“The preeminent job of the church is to equip Christian for life's challenges. This requires the emphasis on being fitted with tested…

— John Bunyan

“As Pliable and Christian find themselves walking together toward the narrow gate, we see the stark contrast between the two pilgrims. One…

— John Bunyan

“Then the Interpreter took Christian by the hand and led him into a very large parlor that was full of dust because…

— John Bunyan

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

— John Bunyan

I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.

— John Bunyan

To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about…

— John Bunyan

To go back is nothing but death: to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it. I will yet…

— John Bunyan

If you have sinned, do not lie down without repentance; for the want of repentance after one has sinned makes the heart…

— John Bunyan

“O my Mansoul, I have lived, I have died, I live, and I will die no more for thee. I live that…

— John Bunyan

“Christian's attempt to help remedy the perilous condition of these three sleeping pilgrims is met with indifference, indolence, and intolerance. Christian, troubled…

— John Bunyan

“Christian may have entered the Valley of Humiliation overconfident and puffed up with false pride, but he departs with humble reliance on…

— John Bunyan