Quotes from John Calvin
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
- John Calvin
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
- John Calvin
The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.
- John Calvin
When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
- John Calvin
But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
- John Calvin
Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.
- John Calvin
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
- John Calvin
Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.
- John Calvin
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
- John Calvin
Faith is the evidence of divine adoption.
- John Calvin
Faith is not a distant view, but a warm embrace of Christ.
- John Calvin
It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.
- John Calvin