--- title: "1 Faith Saving Quotes By B. B. Warfield" description: "1 Faith Saving quotes by B. B. Warfield. Plus more from B. B. Warfield and more Faith Saving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/b-b-warfield-26485_accounts_it-is-never-on-account-of-its-formal-nat_1197467.png" --- > [It is never on account of its formal nature as a psychic act that faith is conceived in Scripture to be saving. It is not, strictly speaking, even faith in Christ that saves, but Christ that saves through faith. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/it-is-never-on-account-of-its-formal-nature-as-a-psychic-act-that/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/b-b-warfield-26485_accounts_it-is-never-on-account-of-its-formal-nat_1197467.png) ## More by B. B. Warfield > [Had Christ not risen we could not believe Him to be what He declared Himself when He "made Himself equal with God." But He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/had-christ-not-risen-we-could-not-believe-him-to-be-what-he-declared/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [He who begins by seeking God within himself may end by confusing himself with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/he-who-begins-by-seeking-god-within-himself-may-end-by-confusing/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [The marvel of marvels is not that God, in His infinite love, has not elected all this guilty race to be saved, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/the-marvel-of-marvels-is-not-that-god-in-his-infinite-love-has-not/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [I do not think that there is any general statement in the Bible or any part of the account of creation, either as given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/i-do-not-think-that-there-is-any-general-statement-in-the-bible-or/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly problems. It is almost equally true that a clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/a-firm-faith-in-the-universal-providence-of-god-is-the-solution-of/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [Had He not emerged from the tomb all our hopes, all our salvation would be lying dead with Him unto this day. But as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/had-he-not-emerged-from-the-tomb-all-our-hopes-all-our-salvation/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [It is never on account of its formal nature as a psychic act that faith is conceived in Scripture to be saving. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/it-is-never-on-account-of-its-formal-nature-as-a-psychic-act-that/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [If criticism has made such discoveries as to necessitate the abandonment of the doctrine of plenary inspiration, it is not enough to say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/if-criticism-has-made-such-discoveries-as-to-necessitate-the/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [We can no longer speak of a bourne from which no traveler e'er returns. The middle wall of partition has been broken down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/we-can-no-longer-speak-of-a-bourne-from-which-no-traveler-e-er/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that when the Bible speaks, God speaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/the-bible-is-the-word-of-god-in-such-a-way-that-when-the-bible-speaks/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WILL SMELL AS SWEET. BUT IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO CALL A ROSE WILL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/a-rose-by-any-other-name-will-smell-as-sweet-but-it-does-not-follow/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [Before all else, Protestantism is, in its very essence, an appeal from all other authority to the divine authority of Holy Scripture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/before-all-else-protestantism-is-in-its-very-essence-an-appeal-from/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [Sometimes we hear it said that ten minutes on your knees will give you a truer, deeper, more operative knowledge of God than ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/sometimes-we-hear-it-said-that-ten-minutes-on-your-knees-will-give/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [To get rid of predestination we have been willing to degrade our God into a godling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/to-get-rid-of-predestination-we-have-been-willing-to-degrade-our-god/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) > [There is one only and true God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three coeternal and coequal Persons, the same in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/there-is-one-only-and-true-god-but-in-the-unity-of-the-godhead-there/) [B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith-saving/b-b-warfield/#itemlist", "name": "1 Faith Saving Quotes By B. B. 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