We may love money without having it, just as we may have money without loving it. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The very sermon that we needlessly miss, may contain a precious word in season for our souls. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Where no visible fruit can be found, there you may be sure is no conversion. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this: that elect men and women may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Churches may decay and perish; riches may make themselves wings and fly away-but he who builds their happiness on Christ crucified and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any habit or custom which you know is wrong in the sight of God?… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
No doubt a man may be saved, like the penitent thief, without having received the Lord's Supper. It is not a matter… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There are very few errors and false doctrines of which the beginning may not be traced up to unsound views about the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I want people to fill their minds with passages of Scripture while they are well and strong, that they may have sure… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
What you think now about the cross of Christ, I cannot tell; but I can wish you nothing better than this -… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve to talk more to believers about the Bible when we meet them. Alas, the conversation of Christians, when they… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A man may commit sin and yet be ignorant of it, and fancy himself innocent when he is guilty... We shall do… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
![“Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest, but not the labor; the reaping, but not the sowing; the reward, but not the battle. But it may not be.” quote by J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/j-c-ryle-789_battle_many-i-fear-would-like-glory-who-have-no_1039349.png)
