Love Quotes by John Calvin

Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.

— John Calvin

Doubtful prayer is no prayer at all.

— John Calvin

There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.

— John Calvin

When the Bible speaks, God speaks.

— John Calvin

Without the Gospel everything is useless and vain.

— John Calvin

The whole gospel is contained in Christ.

— John Calvin

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.

— John Calvin

Free-will cannot will good and of necessity serves sin.

— John Calvin

God would remain absolutely hidden if we were not illuminated by the brightness of Christ.

— John Calvin

Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.

— John Calvin

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.

— John Calvin

If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, but will be crowned.

— John Calvin

To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.

— John Calvin

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

— John Calvin

Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.

— John Calvin

There can be no courage in men unless God supports them by his Word.

— John Calvin

There is no golden mean between these two extremes; either this early life must become low in our estimation, or it will…

— John Calvin

We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in…

— John Calvin

Our physical illnesses serve us for medicines to purge us from worldly affections and retrench what is superfluous in us, and since…

— John Calvin

First of all, Scripture draws our attention to this, that if we want ease and tranquility in our lives, we should resign…

— John Calvin

The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to…

— John Calvin

The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to…

— John Calvin

“For the Word of God is not received by faith if it flits about in the top of the brain, but when…

— John Calvin

True it is, that he who has taken off his affection from the goods of this world has already sold all, and…

— John Calvin

Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must…

— John Calvin

Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love…

— John Calvin

“One advice I give: Beware of Antichrist; for, unhappily, a love of walls has seized you; unhappily, the Church of God which…

— John Calvin

In our good works nothing is our own.

— John Calvin

True faith is ever connected with hope.

— John Calvin

Lawful worship consists in obedience alone.

— John Calvin

This is plainly to ascribe divinity to 'free will.'

— John Calvin

It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

— John Calvin

There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.

— John Calvin

“The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.”

— John Calvin

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God…

— John Calvin

We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.

— John Calvin

If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

— John Calvin

... let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses.

— John Calvin

The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.

— John Calvin

Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.

— John Calvin