558 Quotes by John Calvin

For by a kind of mutual bond the Lord has joined together the certainty of his Word and of his Spirit so that the perfect religion of the Word may abide in our minds when the Spirit, who causes us to contemplate God's face, shines.

We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.

it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or cleverness or by depending on the favor of men or by trusting in the notion of good luck, but that we should always expect the Lord to direct us to the lot he has provided for us.

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.

If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.

God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church...

Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.

Our assurance, our glory, and the sole anchor of our salvation are that Christ the Son of God is ours, and we in turn are in him sons of God and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, called to the hope of eternal blessedness by God's grace, not by our worth.

Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance......