558 Quotes by John Calvin

Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious to the divine wrath and producing in us those works which the scripture calls ’works of.

This is plainly to ascribe divinity to ‘free will.’

No Task will be so sordid and base, provided you obey your calling in it, that it will not shine and be reckoned very precious in God’s sight.

When pain and suffering strike, our faith is well founded if it is standing on the promises of God. For all of God’s promises have strong confirmation in Christ.

Let us, however, remember this truth: No one has made much progress in the school of Christ who doesn’t look forward joyfully both to his death and the day of his final resurrection.

Whether each of the faithful has a particular angel assigned him for his defense, I cannot venture certainly to affirm; not one angel only has the care of every one of us, but that all the angels together with one consent watch over our salvation...

The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory.

Christ’s intercession is the continual application of his death to our salvation.

The word “hope” I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.