True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
JOHN CALVINA man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.
More John Calvin Quotes
-
-
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
JOHN CALVIN -
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
JOHN CALVIN -
When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
JOHN CALVIN -
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
JOHN CALVIN -
Where God’s Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
JOHN CALVIN -
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
JOHN CALVIN -
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 -
Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
JOHN CALVIN -
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.
JOHN CALVIN -
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
JOHN CALVIN -
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
JOHN CALVIN -
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
JOHN CALVIN -
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 -
But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
JOHN CALVIN -
Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.
JOHN CALVIN