--- title: "13 Way Quotes By N. T. Wright" description: "13 Way quotes by N. T. Wright. Plus more from N. T. Wright and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/n-t-wright-2-2245_justice_justice-never-means-treating-everybody-t_93301.jpg" --- > [Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/justice-never-means-treating-everybody-the-same-way-but-treating/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/n-t-wright-2-2245_justice_justice-never-means-treating-everybody-t_93301.jpg) > [Jesus of Nazareth ushers in not simply a new religious possibility, not simply a new ethic or a new way of salvation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/jesus-of-nazareth-ushers-in-not-simply-a-new-religious-possibility/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/n-t-wright-2-2245_creation_jesus-of-nazareth-ushers-in-not-simply-a_251329.jpg) > [My aim has been to expound Scripture and to expound Scripture in such a way that I do not set one Scripture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/my-aim-has-been-to-expound-scripture-and-to-expound-scripture-in-such/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/n-t-wright-2-2245_aim_my-aim-has-been-to-expound-scripture-and_2943468.jpg) > [First-hand acquaintance with the actual texts is always the best way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/first-hand-acquaintance-with-the-actual-texts-is-always-the-best-way/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/n-t-wright-2-2245_acquaintance_first-hand-acquaintance-with-the-actual_396438.jpg) > [I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/i-m-not-a-universalist-and-the-way-i-talk-about-final-loss-is-this/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/n-t-wright-2-2245_death_i-m-not-a-universalist-and-the-way-i-tal_1065909.jpg) > [The point of justice and mercy anyway is not ‘they deserve it’ but ‘this is the way God’s world should be’, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-point-of-justice-and-mercy-anyway-is-not-they-deserve-it-but-this/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/n-t-wright-2-2245_anticipate_the-point-of-justice-and-mercy-anyway-is_321230.jpg) > [From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/from-where-many-of-us-in-the-u-k-sit-american-politics-is-hopelessly/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/n-t-wright-2-2245_all-kinds_from-where-many-of-us-in-the-u-k-sit-ame_2584858.jpg) > [We British say "to put the world to rights." I've discovered that that's not the way Americans say it and people scratch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/we-british-say-to-put-the-world-to-rights-i-ve-discovered-that-that-s/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/n-t-wright-2-2245_british_we-british-say-to-put-the-world-to-right_2480050.jpg) > [I am also very excited by the way in which we can see Paul wrestling not only with his Jewish world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/i-am-also-very-excited-by-the-way-in-which-we-can-see-paul-wrestling/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/n-t-wright-2-2245_challenges_i-am-also-very-excited-by-the-way-in-whi_1603516.jpg) > [The whole point of what -Jesus was up to was that he was doing close up, in the present, what he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-whole-point-of-what-jesus-was-up-to-was-that-he-was-doing-close/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/n-t-wright-2-2245_christianity_the-whole-point-of-what-jesus-was-up-to_1437173.jpg) > [In the United States at present the 'culture wars' of the last thirty years have now produced a horrid stand-off which compels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/in-the-united-states-at-present-the-culture-wars-of-the-last-thirty/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/n-t-wright-2-2245_all-kinds_in-the-united-states-at-present-the-cult_2624304.jpg) > [God build’s God’s kingdom. But God ordered this world in such a way that His own work within that world takes place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/god-build-s-god-s-kingdom-but-god-ordered-this-world-in-such-a-way/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/n-t-wright-2-2245_boss_god-build-s-god-s-kingdom-but-god-ordere_1619087.jpg) > [The resurrection is not an isolated supernatural oddity proving how powerful, if apparently arbitrary, God can be when he wants to. Nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-resurrection-is-not-an-isolated-supernatural-oddity-proving-how/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/n-t-wright-2-2245_after-death_the-resurrection-is-not-an-isolated-supe_790698.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by N. T. Wright > [Wherever St. Paul went, there was a riot. Wherever I go, they serve tea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/wherever-st-paul-went-there-was-a-riot-wherever-i-go-they-serve-tea/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Rest you well, beloved Jesus, Caesar’s Lord and Israel’s King, In the brooding of the Spirit, in the darkness of the spring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/rest-you-well-beloved-jesus-caesar-s-lord-and-israel-s-king-in-the/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Art is love creating the new world and justice is love rolling up its sleeves to heal the old one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/art-is-love-creating-the-new-world-and-justice-is-love-rolling-up-its/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [It is faith that looks up at the creator God and knows him to be the God of love. And it is faith that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/it-is-faith-that-looks-up-at-the-creator-god-and-knows-him-to-be-the/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Scripture is, at its heart, the great story that we sing in order not just to learn it with our heads but to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/scripture-is-at-its-heart-the-great-story-that-we-sing-in-order-not/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/most-of-the-things-that-really-matter-require-faith-how-do-i-know/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Justice never means "treating everybody the same way", but "treating people appropriately".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/justice-never-means-treating-everybody-the-same-way-but-treating/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [People often get upset when you teach them what is in the Bible rather than what they presume is in the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/people-often-get-upset-when-you-teach-them-what-is-in-the-bible/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [The word "salvation" denotes rescue. Rescue? What from? Well, of course, ultimately death. And since it is sin that colludes with the forces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-word-salvation-denotes-rescue-rescue-what-from-well-of-course/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [We cannot worship the suffering God today and ignore him tomorrow. We cannot eat and drink the body and blood of the passionate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/we-cannot-worship-the-suffering-god-today-and-ignore-him-tomorrow-we/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Part of Christian belief is to find out what's true about Jesus and let that challenge our culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/part-of-christian-belief-is-to-find-out-what-s-true-about-jesus-and/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [If you ask people in England where does Tom Wright sit on the theological spectrum, they say, "Well he's an evangelical of course," as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/if-you-ask-people-in-england-where-does-tom-wright-sit-on-the/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [True worship is open to God, adoring God, waiting for God, trusting God even in the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/true-worship-is-open-to-god-adoring-god-waiting-for-god-trusting-god/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [Jesus of Nazareth ushers in not simply a new religious possibility, not simply a new ethic or a new way of salvation, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/jesus-of-nazareth-ushers-in-not-simply-a-new-religious-possibility/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) > [All our language about the future ... is like a set of signposts pointing into a bright mist ... the New Testament image of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/all-our-language-about-the-future-is-like-a-set-of-signposts-pointing/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/n-t-wright-2/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By N. T. 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