Business Quote by John Owen
“Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along while we live, it hath faithful company that adheres to it, and helps it. Love works, and hope works, and all other graces, — self-denial, readiness to the cross, — they all work and help faith. But when we come to die, faith is left alone. Now, try what faith will do.”
About This Quote
Source Sermon: The Nature of Faith, 1650s
Faith is a divine gift that sustains us in spiritual battles, supported by love, hope, and other virtues, yet ultimately stands alone at death.
In simple terms: Faith endures through love and hope but ends alone.
Key Takeaway
Cultivate love and hope to strengthen faith.
Themes
faith
spiritual warfare
love
hope
virtues
Mood
reflective
serious
Type
theological
inspirational
When to use this quote
- personal trials
- prayer
- ethical living
Key Concepts
theology
spiritual resilience
Questions to Reflect On
- What virtues help you sustain faith?
- How do you face faith’s solitude at life’s end?
A Different Perspective
Faith may feel isolated without community support.
![“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once, for example, when I was just starting out in the food business, I was hired by the caper people to develop a lot of recipes using capers, and it was weeks of…” quote by Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d79/nora-ephron-1217_business_s-ometimes-when-you-are-a-food-person-th_980.jpg)
![“If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State.” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bad/bertrand-russell-69_acquire_if-the-state-does-not-acquire-supremacy_1379.jpg)