Quotes about Christ
For Nazareth was ordained to be Christ's home, so that he might bear the name of Nazarene which was rightly his.
— John Calvin
No matter what evils they perpetrate, the enemies of Christ shall not prevail, because Christ sits at God's right hand, not for a time but in eternity.
— John Calvin
All other comforts are temporary and illusory unless we depend wholly upon Christ.
— John Calvin
This insolence was turned by the providence of God to a very different purpose; for the face of Christ, dishonored by spitting and blows, has restored to us that image which had been disfigured, and almost effaced, by sin.
— John Calvin
The ultimate purpose of all sacrificial killing was to lead us to Christ; it was a testimony to the salvation of our souls in Christ, which alone is eternal.
— John Calvin
If a man does not hold on to Christ, his wisdom is mere folly, even though he comprehend heaven and earth; for all the treasures of heavenly wisdom are contained in Christ.
— John Calvin
Christ, therefore, died for our sins, in order to redeem or separate us from the world.
— John Calvin
Christ does not make new laws; he rectifies the wrong interpretations of the scribes which had vitiated the purity of the law of God.
— John Calvin
Where Christ does not reign men are wolves to men.
— John Calvin
For unless we realize our own helpless misery, we shall never know how much we need the remedy which Christ brings, nor come to him with the fervent love we owe him.
— John Calvin
For if by natural instinct or wisdom we could bring ourselves back to the road and escape from error, we would have no need for Christ.
— John Calvin
In the school of Christ, men are not merely taught about justification; they are made just by what he has done for them.
— John Calvin