The great unthankfulness, contempt of God's word, and wilfulness of the world, make me fear that the divine light will soon cease… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God indeed tempteth no man; but yet we ask, in this petition, that he would keep and preserve us, lest the devil,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you want to interpret well and confidently, set Christ before you, for He is the man to whom it all applies,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle but to procreate and bring up children, to support… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle, but to procreate and bring up children, to support… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God has surely promised His grace to the humbled: that is, to those who mourn over and despair of themselves. But a… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Man is man because he is free to operate within a framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The will of man without grace is not free, but is enslaved, and that too with its own consent. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
What shall we do with...the Jews?...set fire to their synagogues or schools and bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The faith towards God in Christ must be sure and steadfast, that it may solace and make glad the conscience, and put… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A man would have to be an idiot to write a book of laws for an apple tree telling it to bear… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God created Adam master and lord of living creatures, but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded him to set himself above God's… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Satan, the god of all dissension, stirreth up daily newsects and last of all, which of all other I should never have… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Snakes and monkeys are subjected to the demon more than other animals. Satan lives in them and possesses them. He uses them… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Lord God, I thank Thee that Thou hast been pleased to make me a poor and indigent man upon earth. I have… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
