black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.
JOHN CALVIN

Forever Glory God Justice Mercy Punishment Race Sin
Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
JOHN CALVIN

God Humility Men Pride Spirit
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
JOHN CALVIN

Believe Faith Perfection
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
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
JOHN CALVIN

Deep Knowledge True Wisdom Yourself
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
JOHN CALVIN

Blessing God Responsibility
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
JOHN CALVIN

Deep Faith Forever Philosophy Religious See
Prayer doesn’t change things – God changes things in answer to prayer.
JOHN CALVIN

Change Faith God Prayer Religious
Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
JOHN CALVIN

Busy Enjoyment Present Quick Time
There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception.
JOHN CALVIN

Desire Exception People Religious World
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
Nothing, including human suffering, happens by chance.
JOHN CALVIN

Chance Destiny Fate Human Suffering
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
JOHN CALVIN

Give Up God Myself
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
While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
JOHN CALVIN

God Happiness Men Seek

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More John Calvin Quotes