Areas Quote by John Owen

Indwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified.

— John Owen

Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures...

— John Owen

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.

— John Flavel

Not to be daily mortifying sin, is to sin against the goodness, kindness, wisdom, grace, and love of God, who hath furnished us with…

— John Owen

“Not to be daily employing the Spirit and new nature for the mortifying of sin is to neglect that excellent succor which God has…

— John Owen

The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the works or…

— John Owen

I never get to the end of mortifying sin because sin in my heart, where it's still marauding even though it's no longer dominant,…

— J. I. Packer

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh...The choicest believers, who are…

— John Owen

Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart is unchanged, and you…

— Charles Spurgeon

All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain.

— John Owen

“The flesh would fain be indulged upon the account of grace: and every word that is spoken of mercy, it stands ready to catch…

— John Owen

Mortifying the deeds of the body cannot be understood of the religious deeds of the body, for they are to be cherished, nor of…

— Christopher Love