Spirit Quotes by John Calvin

When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.

— John Calvin

Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.

— John Calvin

Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?

— John Calvin

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

— John Calvin

The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ efficaciously unites us to himself.

— John Calvin

The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.

— John Calvin

God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.

— John Calvin

God does not bestow his spirit on his people in order to set aside the use of his word, but rather to…

— John Calvin

Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward…

— John Calvin

To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in…

— John Calvin

Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him;…

— John Calvin

Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief.…

— John Calvin

The whole comes to this, that Christ, when he produces faith in us by the agency of his Spirit, at the same…

— John Calvin

In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have…

— John Calvin

For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to…

— John Calvin

The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For…

— John Calvin

Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since…

— John Calvin

Pagan philosophers set up reason as the sole guide of life, of wisdom and conduct; but Christian philosophy demands of us that…

— John Calvin

Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the…

— John Calvin

Let this point therefore stand: that those whom the Holy Spirit has inwardly taught truly rest upon Scripture, and that Scripture itself…

— John Calvin

But we have nothing of the Spirit except through regeneration. Everything, therefore, which we have from nature is flesh.

— John Calvin

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

— John Calvin