Quotes about Word
So today those who scorn to go to school to Christ and to train themselves in listening to the Word, really mock God himself and judge both the law and the prophets — and even the gospel itself — as without value.
— John Calvin
What then is the Word of God which gives us life; what but the law, the prophets, and the gospel?
— John Calvin
The Word of God we read is written not so much with ink as with the blood of the Son of God;
— John Calvin
We should learn that there is no light in the law, or even in the whole Word of God, without Christ who is the Sun of Righteousness.
— John Calvin
But observe, that men then revolted from God, when, having forsaken his word, they lent their ears to the falsehoods of Satan. Hence we infer, that God will be seen and adored in his word; and, therefore, that all reverence for him is shaken off when his word is despised.
— John Calvin
Having once adopted us and enlightened our minds by his Word, he keeps the torch of the Word blazing before our eyes, that we may in faith keep our minds upon the judgment and punishment of evil which the impious confidently ignore.
— John Calvin
Without the Word, there is nothing left for us but darkness.
— John Calvin
Assuredly, when the word of God is despised, all reverence for Him is gone. His majesty cannot be duly honoured among us, nor his worship maintained in its integrity, unless we hang as it were upon his lips.
— John Calvin
Faith needs to be bound directly to the Word of God; for, according to Paul, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). And
— John Calvin
Because of the great distance between us and his heavenly glory, he himself came down to us through the Word. This
— John Calvin
We should not fill ourselves with hopes which, being empty of God's Word, are like so much wind.
— John Calvin
For if anyone is to possess righteousness by faith, it must necessarily be given by God and proffered to us by his Word.
— John Calvin