Quotes about Contrary

For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

to a viewpoint that was contrary to God's word put Eve on a slippery slope that led to disobedience

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

it is completely contrary to the nature of sin to confess that one has sinned.

Art is always tempted to glory in itself, and nearly every form of art has been used to communicate values that are contrary to Scripture. Art is as fallen as any other aspect of human existence. This fallenness perverts the arts against fulfilling their original purpose and prevents us from embracing them uncritically.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

On the contrary, Augustine says (Enchiridion 14) that "evil exists only in good.

As for antichrist occupying the papal chair, it is evident that a pope living contrary to Christ, like any other perverted person, is called, by common consent, antichrist.

they go and set up free-will with the heathen philosophers and say that a man's free will is the cause why God chooseth and not another, contrary to all scriptures.

So we must decide that anyone may entertain contrary opinions about the notions, if he does not mean to uphold anything at variance with faith. If, however, anyone should entertain a false opinion of the notions, knowing or thinking that consequences against the faith would follow, he would lapse into heresy.