Commentary on Genesis, Volume 2 Quotes

“There was a common proverb of old, "What is it to the Romans that the Greeks die?" So we think that our dangers and calamities only belong to ourselves. But how does this principle agree with the commandment of God? For his will is that we should all live together, and be to each other as brethren.”
― Martin Luther, Commentary on Genesis, Volume 2: Luther on Sin and the Flood

“For nature, destitute of the Holy Spirit, is impelled by that same evil spirit which impelled wicked Cain. If, however, there were in any one those ample powers, or that free will, by which a man might defend himself against the assaults of Satan, these gifts would most assuredly have existed in Cain, to whom belonged the birthright and the promise of the blessed seed. But in that very same condition are all men! Unless nature be helped by the Spirit of God, it cannot maintain itself. Why, then, do we absurdly boast of free-will?”
― Martin Luther, Commentary on Genesis, Volume 2: Luther on Sin and the Flood

“115. Learn, then, what a hypocrite is; namely, one who lays claim to the worship of God and to charity, and yet, at the same time, destroys the worship of God and slaughters his brother.”
― Martin Luther, Commentary on Genesis, Volume 2: Luther on Sin and the Flood

“For it is in this way that our adversaries, the bishops and the pope, talk with us in our day, while they pretend a desire for concord, and seek to bring about doctrinal harmony.”
― Martin Luther, Commentary on Genesis, Volume 2: Luther on Sin and the Flood