John Nelson Darby

By one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.

— John Nelson Darby

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

— John Nelson Darby

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such…

— John Nelson Darby

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

— John Nelson Darby

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

— John Nelson Darby

Be assured that God does more in us than we for Him; and that what we do is only for Him in…

— John Nelson Darby

After deep exercise of soul I was brought by grace to feel I could entirely.

— John Nelson Darby

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

— John Nelson Darby

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it, as afterwards.

— John Nelson Darby

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

— John Nelson Darby

I know that those who esteem these little organised associations to be the churches of God, see nothing but mere meetings of…

— John Nelson Darby

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

— John Nelson Darby

This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in various localities, and in each central locality…

— John Nelson Darby

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy…

— John Nelson Darby

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to…

— John Nelson Darby

Separation from evil is the necessary first principle of communion with Him ... Separation from evil is His principle of unity

— John Nelson Darby

Let those who like society better have it.

— John Nelson Darby

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience; but neither is it obedience to imitate…

— John Nelson Darby

The presence of the Holy Spirit isthe keystone of all our hopes.

— John Nelson Darby

It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God…

— John Nelson Darby

But the more we search the Scriptures, the more we perceive, in this doctrine, the fundamental truth of the gospel - that…

— John Nelson Darby

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture…

— John Nelson Darby

The Lord Jesus died for the ungodly. He was obedient at all costs : He bore everything, and went down into the…

— John Nelson Darby

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy…

— John Nelson Darby

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a…

— John Nelson Darby