Commentaries on Election and Predestination Quotes

“It seems harsh to many to think that God chooses some and rejects others, and does not consider men’s worth, that by his own free will he chooses whom he pleases and moreover rejects others. But what is this scruple except a desire to call God to order and subject him to their judgment?”
― John Calvin, Commentaries on Election and Predestination

“Therefore, as Paul testifies, election, which is the cause of good works, does not depend upon men.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries on Election and Predestination

“It is evident from this that people rage against Christ himself when they raise a hue and cry upon hearing that by the will of God some are freely chosen and others are rejected; they do it because they cannot bear to let God have his way.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries on Election and Predestination

“And surely it is an amazing counsel of God that when he had the whole earth in his hands he chose his people out of the contemptible folk, rather than out of the upper classes who might have brought the name of Christ greater credit through their own excellencies.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries on Election and Predestination

“Therefore, God’s foreknowledge cannot be the reason of our election, because when God [looks into the future and] surveys all mankind, he will find them all, from the first to the last, under the same curse.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries on Election and Predestination