Commentaries, 22 Vols Quotes

“Christ, on the other hand, declares that every single one of God’s creatures is under his hand and care, and that nothing happens by chance. In”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“This is how we can distinguish true religion from superstition: when the Word of God directs us, there is true religion; but when each man follows his own opinion, or when men join together to follow an opinion they hold in common, the result is always concocted superstition.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“if we have Jesus Christ with us, we shall come upon nothing so accursed that he will not turn it into a blessing; nothing”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“we shall find that the reason why   we doubt of God's promises is, because we sinfully detract from his   power.”
― John Calvin, Complete Bible Commentaries

“Christ is known rightly nowhere but in Scripture. If”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“There has been nothing in heaven or on earth which has not witnessed that Jesus Christ is God, Lord and Master, and the great Ambassador of the Father sent here below to accomplish the salvation of mankind. All”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“Scripture is also called gospel, that is, new and joyful news, because in it is declared that Christ, the sole true and eternal Son of the living God, was made man, to make us children of God his Father, by adoption. Thus”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and   delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary,   regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at   the proper time.”
― John Calvin, Complete Bible Commentaries

“With respect to ceremonies, there is some appearance of a change having taken place; but it was only the use of them that was abolished, for their meaning was more fully confirmed. The coming of Christ has taken nothing away even from ceremonies, but, on the contrary, confirms them by exhibiting the truth of shadow.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“In this respect, he has set   an example to all such as may have sinned against God, teaching them   the duty of humbly complying with the calls to repentance, which may be   addressed to them by his servants, instead of remaining under sin till   they be surprised by the final vengeance of Heaven.    ”
― John Calvin, The Complete Biblical Commentary Collection of John Calvin

“It is at this point that the gospel differs most from philosophy, since it teaches that the salvation of men is through the free remission of sins. It”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“It is a beastly business when people start eating without prayer, and when they are full, they run out without as much as mentioning God’s name.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“But Jacob was divinely chosen and his brother, the first-born, was rejected.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“God neither wills nor decrees anything without having long before directed it to its proper end. People”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“In vain do   Papists, Mahometans, and other sects, boast of their antiquity, while   they are mere counterfeits of the true, the pure religion.”
― John Calvin, Complete Bible Commentaries

“There would be no communion between him and us if he did not first come to us with his grace.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“the church of God can be established in no other way than by the Word. True”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“All other comforts are temporary and illusory unless we depend wholly upon Christ. Therefore”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“no matter what evils they perpetrate, the enemies of Christ shall not prevail, because Christ sits at God’s right hand, not for a time but in eternity. Therefore,”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“If a man does not hold on to Christ, his wisdom is mere folly, even though he comprehend heaven and earth; for all the treasures of heavenly wisdom are contained in Christ. Therefore,”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“for Nazareth was ordained to be Christ’s home, so that he might bear the name of Nazarene which was rightly his.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“The ultimate purpose of all sacrificial killing was to lead us to Christ; it was a testimony to the salvation of our souls in Christ, which alone is eternal. Therefore,”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“where the teaching is corrupt or is despised, there is no religion approved by God.”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“holding firmly to the principle that true religion is founded upon obedience. Unless”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“We both felt that the chief virtue of an interpreter consists in clarity combined with brevity. And”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“I have become used to swallowing insults for so long that I am almost insensitive; yet”
― John Calvin, Commentaries, 22 Vols

“it is important to mark this circumstance, that at the very   time when the men of Sodom, having dismissed all fear of God, were   indulging themselves, and were promising themselves impunity, however   they might sin, God was taking counsel to destroy them, and was moved,   by the tumultuous cry of their iniquities, to descend to earth, while   they were buried in profound sleep.”
― John Calvin, Complete Bible Commentaries

“And truly, God does   not make known his will to us, that the knowledge of it may perish with   us; but that we may be his witnesses to posterity and that they may   deliver the knowledge received through us, from hand to hand, (as we   say,) to their descendants.”
― John Calvin, Complete Bible Commentaries

“it is the peculiar privilege of the Church, to know what the   Divine judgments mean, and what is their tendency.”
― John Calvin, Complete Bible Commentaries

“Christ, therefore,   died for our sins, in order to redeem or separate us from the world.”
― John Calvin, Complete Bible Commentaries