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Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.

John Calvin

In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
JOHN CALVIN

Deep Discover God Oneself Religious
Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.
JOHN CALVIN

Desire Growth Hate Imagination Man Ourselves
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
JOHN CALVIN

Buy Peace Price Sacrifice Truth
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
JOHN CALVIN

Belief God Man Ourselves
The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
JOHN CALVIN

Believe Book Bright Light Men Religious Sun Way
The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
JOHN CALVIN

Act Effort God Goodness Willing
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
JOHN CALVIN

Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
JOHN CALVIN

Charity Goodness Insult Respect
Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.
JOHN CALVIN

Adversity Dangerous Doubt Men Praise Prosperity Success
Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
JOHN CALVIN

Dangerous Eyes Prosperity
Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
JOHN CALVIN

Book Learning Religious Satisfaction Shame True Understand
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive.
JOHN CALVIN

Belief Empty Faith God Hands Religious
It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.
JOHN CALVIN

Alone Faith Justice Religious Wisdom
To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.
JOHN CALVIN

Freedom Grace Heart Law Ourselves Spirit
The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.
JOHN CALVIN

Himself Knowledge Learning Life Reading Scripture Truth
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
JOHN CALVIN

Chance God Grace Men Spirit Taste

Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.

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