But the present life should never be hated, except insofar as it subjects us to sin, although even that hatred should not… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The unborn baby, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and should not be robbed of… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When we recognize the rod of a father, should we not show ourselves docile children rather than rebelliously desperate men who have… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Peace and friendship are an amiable thing among men. They be so indeed, and we ought to seek them to the uttermost… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
First of all, Scripture draws our attention to this, that if we want ease and tranquility in our lives, we should resign… — 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
Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain…The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The real proof of spiritual poverty is to patiently endure the loss of worldly goods and without any regret when it pleases… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Let this be our rule for goodwill and helpfulness, that whenever we are able to assist others we should behave as stewards… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We are not to reflect on the wickedness of men but to look to the image of God in them, an image… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
That man is truly humble who neither claims any personal merit in the sight of God, nor proudly despises brethren, or aims… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by His fatherly care, that He is the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Nor, in truth, is it of little importance to prevent the suspicion of any difference having arisen between us from being handed… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, our constant efforts to lower our estimate of the present world should not lead us to hate life or to be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
True it is, that he who has taken off his affection from the goods of this world has already sold all, and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the… — 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
