--- title: "1 Personal Holiness Quotes By J.I. Packer" description: "1 Personal Holiness quotes by J.I. Packer. Plus more from J.I. Packer and more Personal Holiness sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/j-i-packer-2-17620_bible_the-shape-this-book-has-taken-reflects-m_1379735.jpg" --- > [“The shape this book has taken reflects my belief that there is need to blow the whistle on the sidelining of personal holiness that has been a general trend among Bible-centered Western Christians during my years of ministry. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/the-shape-this-book-has-taken-reflects-my-belief-that-there-is-need/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/j-i-packer-2-17620_bible_the-shape-this-book-has-taken-reflects-m_1379735.jpg) ## More by J.I. Packer > [“Trafton, by the way, has taken a lesson from Lewis and written a delightful children’s tale, The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic (see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/trafton-by-the-way-has-taken-a-lesson-from-lewis-and-written-a/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“as signs of inadequacy and weakness, they look on wealth as a source of stability and strength. Our proud hearts shrink from weakness, real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/as-signs-of-inadequacy-and-weakness-they-look-on-wealth-as-a-source/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“the nasty thing which no polite person nowadays will talk about in public. But death, even when unmentionable, remains inescapable. The one sure fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/the-nasty-thing-which-no-polite-person-nowadays-will-talk-about-in/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“The preacher should work to convert his congregation; the wife should work to save her unbelieving husband. Christians are sent to convert, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/the-preacher-should-work-to-convert-his-congregation-the-wife-should/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“Humility is the product of ongoing repentance as one decides against, turns from, and by watching and praying seeks to steer clear of pride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/humility-is-the-product-of-ongoing-repentance-as-one-decides-against/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“Taste and see that the LORD is good,” says the psalmist (Ps 34:8). To “taste” is, as we say, to “try” a mouthful of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/taste-and-see-that-the-lord-is-good-says-the-psalmist-ps-34-8-to/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“Historical exegesis is only the preliminary part of interpretation; application is its essence. Exegesis without application should not be called interpretation at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/historical-exegesis-is-only-the-preliminary-part-of-interpretation/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/there-is-something-exceedingly-improving-to-the-mind-in-a/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“the Son of God told his disciples to baptize “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/the-son-of-god-told-his-disciples-to-baptize-in-the-name-of-the/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“so we are cruel to ourselves if we try to live in this world without knowing about the God whose world it is and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/so-we-are-cruel-to-ourselves-if-we-try-to-live-in-this-world-without/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“Nor is it the spirit of those Christians - alas, they are many - whose ambition in life seems limited to building a nice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/nor-is-it-the-spirit-of-those-christians-alas-they-are-many-whose/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/meditation-is-the-activity-of-calling-to-mind-and-thinking-over-and/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“You sum up the whole of New Testament religion if you describe it as the knowledge of God as one’s holy Father. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/you-sum-up-the-whole-of-new-testament-religion-if-you-describe-it-as/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“Many have found it hard to see what claim the law can have on the Christian. We are free from the law, they say;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/many-have-found-it-hard-to-see-what-claim-the-law-can-have-on-the/) [J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/) > [“What we have to grasp, then, is that the bad conscience of the natural man is not at all the same thing as conviction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/what-we-have-to-grasp-then-is-that-the-bad-conscience-of-the-natural/) [J.I. 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