--- title: "5 Indwelling Sin Quotes By John Owen" description: "5 Indwelling Sin quotes by John Owen. Plus more from John Owen and more Indwelling Sin sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/john-owen-1415_peace_any-peace-rest-and-quiet-we-have-is-from_353372.png" --- > [“Any peace, rest and quiet we have is from this alone. Who would be safe if wicked men had power to perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/any-peace-rest-and-quiet-we-have-is-from-this-alone-who-would-be-safe/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/john-owen-1415_peace_any-peace-rest-and-quiet-we-have-is-from_353372.png) > [Indwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/indwelling-sin-always-abides-whilst-we-are-in-this-world-therefore-it/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/john-owen-1415_inspirational_indwelling-sin-always-abides-whilst-we-a_458466.png) > [“It is he who makes the dams and shuts the flood-gates of corrupted nature so that it cannot break forth in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-is-he-who-makes-the-dams-and-shuts-the-flood-gates-of-corrupted/) [john owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/john-owen-1415_divine-wisdom_it-is-he-who-makes-the-dams-and-shuts-th_2064105.png) > [The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-mortification-of-indwelling-sin-remaining-in-our-mortal-bodies/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/john-owen-1415_believer_the-mortification-of-indwelling-sin-rema_2597512.jpg) > [When we realize a constant enemy of the soul abides within us, what diligence and watchfulness we should have! How woeful is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/when-we-realize-a-constant-enemy-of-the-soul-abides-within-us-what/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/john-owen-1415_awake_when-we-realize-a-constant-enemy-of-the_2605460.png) ## 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/indwelling-sin/john-owen/#itemlist", "name": "5 Indwelling Sin Quotes By John Owen", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Any peace, rest and quiet we have is from this alone. 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