Chiefs Quote by J. C. Ryle

The chief end for which He lived and died was to provide eternal redemption for mankind.

— J. C. Ryle

The end for which Christ lives, and for which He has left His church in the world, is the salvation of sinners.

— Charles Grandison Finney

The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order…

— Theophan the Recluse

“God’s ‘chief end was not to bring Christ into the world for us, but us for Christ…and God contrived all things that do fall…

— Mark Jones

Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in…

— John Owen

“Christ, therefore,   died for our sins, in order to redeem or separate us from the world.”

— John Calvin

Christ's intercession is the continual application of his death to our salvation.

— John Calvin

“Christ as our Savior have received the automatic and glorious result of eternal salvation. However, the primary reason God left us on earth after…

— Beth Moore

“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” And how is Christ the end of the law,…

— The Church Fathers

This is that mystery which is rich in divine grace unto sinners: wherein by a wonderful exchange, our sins are no longer ours but…

— Martin Luther

“While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. He has taken the cleanup entirely into his own hands. He has just gone and…

— Robert Farrar Capon

Christ, in short, asks us to give everything, all our false redemption in the lifeboat, all our false ideas about who God is, all…

— Donald Miller