All John Calvin Quotes
- To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity. Apart
- To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace. Bad
- How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ. Believe
- It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect Amazing
- There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy. Affliction
- For even if the Word in His immeasurable essence united with the nature of man into one person, we do not imagine that He was… Beginning
- Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since those only begin… All
- The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves. Destruction
- The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures on high and below, but never more brightly than in the cross. All
- Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered. Delivered
- The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not… Blind
- There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed… All
- While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it. Absorbs
- The whole gospel is contained in Christ. Christ
- Our hearts are enfeebled by PROSPERITY so that we cannot make an effort to pray. Cannot Make
- It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise. Celebrate
- The world was no doubt made, that it might be a theatre of the divine glory. Divine
- The very word baptize, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient church. Ancient
- We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst. Inspirational
- We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure. Defraud
- The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it. Charm
- Unless we endeavor to do good to our neighbor, through our cruelty we transgress this law Cruelty
- A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction Deprived
- Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone. Alone
- We shall never be fit for the service of God, if we look not beyond this fleeting life. Beyond