You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
JOHN CALVINThe 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.
More John Calvin Quotes
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.
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All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
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The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.
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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.
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The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith.
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Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.
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A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
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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.
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Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
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No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
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True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
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