Quotes from John Calvin
First, since by God's command all the saints daily ask for their sins to be forgiven (Matt.6:12), they confess themselves sinners. They do not ask in vain, for the Lord Jesus never bade us ask for something which he would not give us.
- John Calvin
God neither wills nor decrees anything without having long before directed it to its proper end.
- John Calvin
Holding firmly to the principle that true religion is founded upon obedience.
- John Calvin
Where the teaching is corrupt or is despised, there is no religion approved by God.
- John Calvin
God does not measure the precepts of his law by human strength, but, after ordering what is right, freely bestows on his elect the power of fulfilling it.
- John Calvin
The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.
- John Calvin
We see how many tricks they try, how many pursuits they exhaust themselves with in order to secure the objects of their ambition or greed, while trying to avoid, on the other hand, poverty and humility.
- John Calvin
The ultimate purpose of all sacrificial killing was to lead us to Christ; it was a testimony to the salvation of our souls in Christ, which alone is eternal.
- John Calvin
For when any one understands this Epistle, he has a passage opened to him to the understanding of the whole Scripture.
- John Calvin
We unlearn the art of speaking well when we cease to speak with God.
- John Calvin
it is the peculiar privilege of the Church, to know what the Divine judgments mean, and what is their tendency.
- John Calvin
It is at this point that the gospel differs most from philosophy, since it teaches that the salvation of men is through the free remission of sins.
- John Calvin