I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God is not a God of sadness, death, etc., but the devil is. Christ is a God of joy, and so the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The fruit does not make the tree good or bad but the tree itself is what determines the nature of the fruit.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I believe that the devil has destroyed many good books of the church, as, aforetime, he killed and crushed many holy persons,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I am not of the opinion that all the arts shall be crushed to earth and perish through the Gospel, as some… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A person whodoes not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our most merciful Father, seeing us to be oppressed and overwhelmed with the curse of the law . . . sent his… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In Romans 7, St. Paul says, "The law is spiritual." What does that mean? If the law were physical, then it could… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Whilst a man is persuaded that he has it in his power to contribute anything, be it ever so little, to his… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first… — 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
