--- title: "21 Ifs Quotes By John Owen" description: "21 Ifs quotes by John Owen. Plus more from John Owen and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/john-owen-1415_agree_if-private-revelations-agree-with-script_3104751.png" --- > [If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-private-revelations-agree-with-scripture-they-are-needless-and-if/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/john-owen-1415_agree_if-private-revelations-agree-with-script_3104751.png) > [If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-the-word-does-not-dwell-with-power-in-us-it-will-not-pass-with/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/john-owen-1415_doe_if-the-word-does-not-dwell-with-power-in_756651.png) > [If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-we-do-not-abide-in-prayer-we-will-abide-in-temptation/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/john-owen-1415_abide_if-we-do-not-abide-in-prayer-we-will-abi_529764.png) > [Faith, if it be a living faith, will be a working faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/faith-if-it-be-a-living-faith-will-be-a-working-faith/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/john-owen-1415_christian_faith-if-it-be-a-living-faith-will-be-a_2516292.png) > [If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-scripture-has-more-than-one-meaning-it-has-no-meaning-at-all/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/john-owen-1415_bible_if-scripture-has-more-than-one-meaning-i_1655373.png) > [If we believe not with faith divine and supernatural, we believe not at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-we-believe-not-with-faith-divine-and-supernatural-we-believe-not/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/john-owen-1415_believe_if-we-believe-not-with-faith-divine-and_950635.png) > [Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/sin-will-be-always-acting-if-we-be-not-always-mortifying-we-are-lost/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/john-owen-1415_acting_sin-will-be-always-acting-if-we-be-not-a_2212325.png) > [If a man teach uprightly and walk crookedly, more will fall down in the night of his life than he built in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-a-man-teach-uprightly-and-walk-crookedly-more-will-fall-down-in/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/john-owen-1415_built_if-a-man-teach-uprightly-and-walk-crooke_2805108.png) > [It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-being-our-duty-to-mortify-we-must-be-at-work-he-that-is-appointed/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/john-owen-1415_cease_it-being-our-duty-to-mortify-we-must-be_3143747.png) > [If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-our-principal-treasure-be-as-we-profess-in-things-spiritual-and/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/john-owen-1415_affection_if-our-principal-treasure-be-as-we-profe_2751543.png) > [A natural man hath no such thing as free-will at all, if you take it for a power of doing that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-natural-man-hath-no-such-thing-as-free-will-at-all-if-you-take-it/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/john-owen-1415_free-will_a-natural-man-hath-no-such-thing-as-free_2303271.png) > [To some men it is hard seeing a call of God through difficulties; when if it would but clothe itself with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/to-some-men-it-is-hard-seeing-a-call-of-god-through-difficulties-when/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/094/john-owen-1415_advantage_to-some-men-it-is-hard-seeing-a-call-of_769512.png) > [Christ did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-did-not-die-for-any-upon-condition-if-they-do-believe-but-he/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/john-owen-1415_believe_christ-did-not-die-for-any-upon-conditio_1955820.png) > [Some relate . . . that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/some-relate-that-the-eagle-tries-the-eyes-of-her-young-by-turning/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/john-owen-1415_christ_some-relate-that-the-eagle-tries-the-eye_211592.png) > [If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-i-have-observed-anything-by-experience-it-is-this-a-man-may-take/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/john-owen-1415_christ_if-i-have-observed-anything-by-experienc_1743863.png) > [We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/we-all-profess-that-we-are-bound-for-heaven-immortality-and-glory-but/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/john-owen-1415_assurance_we-all-profess-that-we-are-bound-for-hea_1108609.png) > [...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/but-let-it-suffice-us-to-know-that-it-became-god-who-is-the-supreme/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/john-owen-1415_captains_but-let-it-suffice-us-to-know-that-it-be_461366.png) > [When the heart is once won to rest in God, to repose himself on him, he will assuredly satisfy it. He will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/when-the-heart-is-once-won-to-rest-in-god-to-repose-himself-on-him-he/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/john-owen-1415_chosen_when-the-heart-is-once-won-to-rest-in-go_1313372.jpg) > [No wonder if such persons look upon imputed righteousness as the shadow of a dream, who esteem those things which evidence its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/no-wonder-if-such-persons-look-upon-imputed-righteousness-as-the/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/john-owen-1415_care_no-wonder-if-such-persons-look-upon-impu_2868153.jpg) > [A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul. And he that doth not feed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-man-preacheth-that-sermon-only-well-unto-others-which-preacheth/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/john-owen-1415_digestion_a-man-preacheth-that-sermon-only-well-un_2924157.jpg) > [Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/our-great-pattern-hath-showed-us-what-our-deportment-ought-to-be-in/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/john-owen-1415_christ_our-great-pattern-hath-showed-us-what-ou_3056396.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by John Owen > [God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/god-hath-work-to-do-in-this-world-and-to-desert-it-because-of-its/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-we-do-not-abide-in-prayer-we-will-abide-in-temptation-let-this-be/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-least-grace-is-a-better-security-for-heaven-than-the-greatest/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [“Our belief of the Scriptures to be the word of God, or a divine revelation, and our understanding of the mind and will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/our-belief-of-the-scriptures-to-be-the-word-of-god-or-a-divine/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [How can we possibly believe the promises concerning Heaven, immortality, and glory, when we do not believe the promises concerning our present life? And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/how-can-we-possibly-believe-the-promises-concerning-heaven/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-must-be-observed-that-the-best-of-men-the-most-holy-and/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/i-will-not-judge-a-person-to-be-spiritually-dead-whom-i-have-judged/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [“And those who pretend to be teachers of others, and yet despise his teaching assistance, will one day find that they undertook a work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/and-those-who-pretend-to-be-teachers-of-others-and-yet-despise-his/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/spiritual-wisdom-consists-in-finding-out-the-subtleties-policies-and/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-by-his-death-destroying-the-works-of-the-devil-procuring-the/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-man-may-easier-see-without-eyes-speak-without-a-tongue-than-truly/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-s-blood-is-the-great-sovereign-remedy-for-sin-sick-souls/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/sin-aims-always-at-the-utmost-every-time-it-rises-up-to-tempt-or/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/never-was-sin-seen-to-be-more-abominably-sinful-and-full-of/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/he-then-that-would-really-thoroughly-and-acceptably-mortify-any/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/john-owen/#itemlist", "name": "21 Ifs Quotes By John Owen", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Owen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-private-revelations-agree-with-scripture-they-are-needless-and-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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