Doe Quotes by Martin Luther

The devil does not stay where music is.

— Martin Luther

The devil doesn't stay where there is music.

— Martin Luther

Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.

— Martin Luther

God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.

— Martin Luther

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

— Martin Luther

Whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved - for it is God's teaching and not mine.

— Martin Luther

God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not…

— Martin Luther

God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.

— Martin Luther

When God wants to speak and deal with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents, or the…

— Martin Luther

He who receives a sacrament does not perform a good work; he receives a benefit. In the mass we give Christ nothing;…

— Martin Luther

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine…

— Martin Luther

I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture.

— Martin Luther

It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience…

— Martin Luther

The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is…

— Martin Luther

Let all the 'free-will' in the world do all it can with all its strength; it will never give rise to a…

— Martin Luther

The kingdom of God does not consist in talk, but in power, that is, in works and practice. God loves the 'doers…

— Martin Luther

Original sin is in us like our beard. We are shaved today and look clean; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor…

— Martin Luther

Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make…

— Martin Luther

The fruit does not make the tree good or bad but the tree itself is what determines the nature of the fruit.…

— Martin Luther

God foreknows nothing by contingency, but that He foresees, purposes, and does all things according to His immutable, eternal, and infallible will.…

— Martin Luther

The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does…

— Martin Luther

The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to…

— Martin Luther

O, this faith is a living, busy, active, powerful thing! It is impossible that it should not be ceaselessly doing that which…

— Martin Luther

As long as a man is persuaded that he can make even the smallest contribution to his salvation, he remains self-confident and…

— Martin Luther

Our preaching does not stop with the law. That would lead to wounding without binding up, striking down and not healing, killing…

— Martin Luther

This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise.…

— Martin Luther

Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the…

— Martin Luther

They [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn…

— Martin Luther

Take a look at your own heart, and you will soon find out what has stuck to it and where your treasure…

— Martin Luther

Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works…

— Martin Luther

Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let…

— Martin Luther

God does not give grace freely in the sense that He will demand no satisfaction, but He gave Christ to be the…

— Martin Luther

A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore,…

— Martin Luther

God's love does not love that which is worthy of being loved, but it creates that which is worthy of being loved.

— Martin Luther

The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse,…

— Martin Luther

God does not work salvation for fictitious sinners. Be a sinner and sin vigorously... Do not for a moment imagine that this…

— Martin Luther

One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,'…

— Martin Luther

When the devil wants to cause offense against the true doctrine and faith, he does not do so through insignificant people, who…

— Martin Luther

Many sweat to reconcile St Paul and St James, but in vain. 'Faith justifies' and 'faith does not justify' contradict each other…

— Martin Luther

A person whodoes not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to…

— Martin Luther