--- title: "8 Forgiveness of sins Quotes By Martin Luther" description: "8 Forgiveness of sins quotes by Martin Luther. Plus more from Martin Luther and more Forgiveness of sins sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/martin-luther-106_forgiveness_to-be-convinced-in-our-hearts-that-we-ha_838882.jpg" --- > [To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/to-be-convinced-in-our-hearts-that-we-have-forgiveness-of-sins-and/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/martin-luther-106_forgiveness_to-be-convinced-in-our-hearts-that-we-ha_838882.jpg) > [In the Church, great wonders daily occur, such as the forgiveness of sins, triumph over death . . . the gift of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-the-church-great-wonders-daily-occur-such-as-the-forgiveness-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/martin-luther-106_church_in-the-church-great-wonders-daily-occur_884509.jpg) > [My dear pope, I will kiss your feet and acknowledge you as supreme bishop if you will worship my Christ and grant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/my-dear-pope-i-will-kiss-your-feet-and-acknowledge-you-as-supreme/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/martin-luther-106_acknowledge_my-dear-pope-i-will-kiss-your-feet-and-a_1318993.jpg) > [The Deceiver can magnify a little sin for the purpose of causing one to worry, torture, and kill oneself with it. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-deceiver-can-magnify-a-little-sin-for-the-purpose-of-causing-one/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/martin-luther-106_articles_the-deceiver-can-magnify-a-little-sin-fo_1343783.jpg) > [“Gospel bestows all good things spiritual: forgiveness of sins, true righteousness, peace of conscience, everlasting life; and all good things temporal: good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/gospel-bestows-all-good-things-spiritual-forgiveness-of-sins-true/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/martin-luther-106_christianity_gospel-bestows-all-good-things-spiritual_1826638.jpg) > [The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-fatuous-idea-that-a-person-can-be-holy-by-himself-denies-god-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/martin-luther-106_beast_the-fatuous-idea-that-a-person-can-be-ho_2729448.jpg) > [ I \[i.e., God\] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/i-i-e-god-have-given-you-baptism-as-a-gift-for-the-forgiveness-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/martin-luther-106_baptism_i-i-e-god-have-given-you-baptism-as-a-gi_2828333.jpg) > [May a merciful God preserve me from a Christian Church in which everyone is a saint! I want to be and remain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/may-a-merciful-god-preserve-me-from-a-christian-church-in-which/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/martin-luther-106_believe_may-a-merciful-god-preserve-me-from-a-ch_2887490.jpg) ## Other authors on Forgiveness of sins - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dietrich-bonhoeffer-29418.jpg) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgiveness-of-sins/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bible-17752.jpg) Bible 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgiveness-of-sins/bible/) ## More by Martin Luther > [“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things-since-you-either-knew-you/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-a-delightful-garden-sowing-planting-or-digging-are-not-hardship/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-you-could-understand-a-single-grain-of-wheat-you-would-die-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-who-believes-in-god-is-not-careful-for-the-morrow-but-labors/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-made-man-out-of-nothing-and-as-long-as-we-are-nothing-he-can-make/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“But the truth will win out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/but-the-truth-will-win-out/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-wants-us-to-pray-and-he-wants-to-hear-our-prayers-not-because-we/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-office-subjects-us-to-great-burdens-and-labors-dangers-and/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-faith-in-christ-does-not-free-us-from-works-but-from-false/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-works-of-the-righteous-would-be-mortal-sins-if-they-would-not-be/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/do-not-suppose-that-abuses-are-eliminated-by-destroying-the-object/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/for-we-maintain-that-a-man-is-justified-by-faith-apart-from-observing/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/there-are-only-two-days-on-my-calendar-today-and-the-day-of-judgment/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [ Antichrist is the pope and the Turk \[Muslim\] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/antichrist-is-the-pope-and-the-turk-muslim-together-a-beast-full-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-the-imitation-that-makes-sons-it-is-sonship-that-makes/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgiveness-of-sins/martin-luther/#itemlist", "name": "8 Forgiveness of sins Quotes By Martin Luther", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/to-be-convinced-in-our-hearts-that-we-have-forgiveness-of-sins-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/martin-luther-106_forgiveness_to-be-convinced-in-our-hearts-that-we-ha_838882.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/martin-luther-106_forgiveness_to-be-convinced-in-our-hearts-that-we-ha_838882.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/martin-luther-106_forgiveness_to-be-convinced-in-our-hearts-that-we-ha_838882.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the…” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the Church, great wonders daily occur, such as the forgiveness of sins, triumph over death . . . the gift of righteousness and eternal life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-the-church-great-wonders-daily-occur-such-as-the-forgiveness-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/martin-luther-106_church_in-the-church-great-wonders-daily-occur_884509.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/martin-luther-106_church_in-the-church-great-wonders-daily-occur_884509.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/martin-luther-106_church_in-the-church-great-wonders-daily-occur_884509.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the Church, great wonders daily occur, such as the forgiveness of sins, triumph over death . . . the gift…” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My dear pope, I will kiss your feet and acknowledge you as supreme bishop if you will worship my Christ and grant that through His death and resurrection, not through keeping your traditions, we have forgiveness of sins and life eternal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/my-dear-pope-i-will-kiss-your-feet-and-acknowledge-you-as-supreme/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/martin-luther-106_acknowledge_my-dear-pope-i-will-kiss-your-feet-and-a_1318993.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/martin-luther-106_acknowledge_my-dear-pope-i-will-kiss-your-feet-and-a_1318993.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/martin-luther-106_acknowledge_my-dear-pope-i-will-kiss-your-feet-and-a_1318993.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My dear pope, I will kiss your feet and acknowledge you as supreme bishop if you will worship my Christ and…” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Deceiver can magnify a little sin for the purpose of causing one to worry, torture, and kill oneself with it. 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