The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is a very important consideration that we are consecrated and dedicated to God; it means that we may think, speak, meditate,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
At this day . . . the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Pagan philosophers set up reason as the sole guide of life, of wisdom and conduct; but Christian philosophy demands of us that… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There is no golden mean between these two extremes; either this early life must become low in our estimation, or it will… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
To crave wealth and honor, to demand power, to pile up riches, to gather all those vanities which seem to make for… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
