John Calvin Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old John Calvin quotes, John Calvin sayings, and John Calvin proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God. John Calvin
It is now clear that faith is a singular pledge of paternal love, treasured up for the sons whom he has adopted. John Calvin
The restoration of the Church shall be of such a nature that it shall last for ever. John Calvin
I call it not humility, so long as we think there is any good remaining in us. Those who have joined together two things, to think humbly of ourselves before God and yet hold our own righteousness in some estimation, have . . . a pernicious hypocrisy. John Calvin
There is nothing which God more abominates than when men endeavor to cloak themselves by submitting signs and external appearance for integrity of heart. John Calvin
The human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood lurks, is so decked out with deceiving hypocrisy, that it often dupes itself. 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
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults. John Calvin
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? John Calvin
We know nothing vainer than the minds of men. John Calvin
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. John Calvin
If anyone cannot set his mind at rest by disregarding death, that man should know that he has not yet gone far enough in the faith of Christ. John Calvin