If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
God would remain absolutely hidden if we were not illuminated by the brightness of Christ. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Where is our acknowledgement of God if our thoughts are fixed on the glamour of our garments? — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We shall never be fit for the service of God, if we look not beyond this fleeting life. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
They babble and talk absurdly who, in the place of God's providence, substitute bare permission - as if God sat in a… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Even if this earth is only a vestibule, we ought undoubtedly to make such a use of its blessing that we are… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When pain and suffering strike, our faith is well founded if it is standing on the promises of God. For all of… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If true religion is to beam upon us, our principle must be, that it is necessary to begin with heavenly teaching, and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Peace and friendship are an amiable thing among men. They be so indeed, and we ought to seek them to the uttermost… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and it is a monstrous crime… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
After 50 years, is it not clear that God has raised up new illnesses connected with fornication? From where do these things… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No one has rightly denied himself unless he has wholly resigned himself to the Lord and is willing to leave every detail… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, our constant efforts to lower our estimate of the present world should not lead us to hate life or to be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
First of all, Scripture draws our attention to this, that if we want ease and tranquility in our lives, we should resign… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The whole life of Christians ought to be an exercise of piety, since they are called to sanctification. It is the office… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Let this point therefore stand: that those whom the Holy Spirit has inwardly taught truly rest upon Scripture, and that Scripture itself… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself? — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If God contains the fullness of all good things in Himself like an inexhaustible fountain, nothing beyond Him is to be sought… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
All our words ought to be filled with true sweetness and grace; and this will be so if we mingle the useful… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If there had been any unbelief in Mary, that could not prevent God from accomplishing his work in any other way which… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If we are given gold, would we not test it to determine it's value? If we doubted its genuineness - we would… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We are promised abundance of all good things--yet we are rich only in hunger and thirst. What would become of us if… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
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