Law Quotes by Martin Luther

The law of God cannot be fulfilled by external obedience.

— Martin Luther

A unjust law, is no law at all.

— Martin Luther

The law works fear and wrath; grace works hope and mercy.

— Martin Luther

Those who lapse from the Gospel to the Law are no better off than those who lapse from grace to idolatry.

— Martin Luther

The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.

— Martin Luther

Leave the ass burdened with laws behind in the valley. But your conscience, let it ascend with Isaac into the mountain.

— Martin Luther

Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a…

— Martin Luther

Every doer of the law and every moral worker is accursed, for he walketh in the presumption of his own righteousness.

— Martin Luther

The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.

— Martin Luther

To turn one's eyes away from Jesus means to turn them to the Law.

— Martin Luther

All laws and philosophy merely tell us what should be done, but they do not provide the strength to do it.

— Martin Luther

Singing has nothing to do with the affairs of this world: it is not for the law. Singers are merry, and free…

— Martin Luther

Some will object that the Law is divine and holy. Let it be divine and holy. The Law has no right to…

— Martin Luther

Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than…

— Martin Luther

We refuse to have our conscience bound by any work or law, so that by doing this or that we should be…

— Martin Luther

A man would have to be an idiot to write a book of laws for an apple tree telling it to bear…

— Martin Luther

Christ is no Moses, no exactor, no giver of laws, but a giver of grace, a Savior; he is infinite mercy and…

— Martin Luther

One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,'…

— Martin Luther

A Christian has no need of any law in order to be saved, since through faith we are free from every law.…

— Martin Luther

In Romans 7, St. Paul says, "The law is spiritual." What does that mean? If the law were physical, then it could…

— Martin Luther

It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness…

— Martin Luther

The heavenly blessing is to be delivered from the law, sin and death; to be justified and quickened to life: to have…

— Martin Luther

“Satan, the god of all dissension stirs up daily new sects. And last of all which of all others I should have…

— Martin Luther

If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a…

— Martin Luther

But Satan, the god of all dissension, stirreth up daily new sects, and last of all (which of all other I should…

— Martin Luther

A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is…

— Martin Luther

Our most merciful Father, seeing us to be oppressed and overwhelmed with the curse of the law . . . sent his…

— Martin Luther

There can be no be no better instruction... than that every man who is to deal with his neighbor to follow these…

— Martin Luther

The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first…

— Martin Luther

Cujus region, ejus rligio (Whoever's reign, his religion) ... He who owns the country owns the Church, and he that makes your…

— Martin Luther

Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the…

— Martin Luther

It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that by its soundness…

— Martin Luther

“Fight vigorously against the wolves, but on behalf of the sheep, not against the sheep. And this you may do by inveighing…

— Martin Luther

It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other…

— Martin Luther

The proverb has it that Hunger is the best cook. The Law makes afflicted consciences hungry for Christ. Christ tastes good to…

— Martin Luther

When we are inclined to boast of our position [as Christians] we should remember that we are but Gentiles, while the Jews…

— Martin Luther

Satan, the god of all dissension, stirreth up daily newsects and last of all, which of all other I should never have…

— Martin Luther

If the peasants are in open rebellion, then they are outside the law of God. Therefore let all who are able slash,…

— Martin Luther

For God is not gracious and merciful to sinners to the end that they might not keep his Law, nor that they…

— Martin Luther

“At an earlier time there was no pleasure in the law for me. But now I find that the law is good…

— Martin Luther