“If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.”

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places . . . He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart.

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

We were by nature children of wrath, even as others.

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

In everything give thanks

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain

Hope does not disappoint.

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance.

And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man’s foundation.

You are a totally loved moral failure.

Lycurgus, Numa, Moses, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, all these great rogues, all these great thought-tyrants, knew how to associate the divinities they fabricated with their own boundless ambition.

I think men of science as well as other men need to learn from Christ, and I think Christians whose minds are scientific are bound to study science that their view of the glory of God may be as extensive as their being is capable.

Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men’s sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.

God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.

God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.

Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.