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John Calvin Quotes about Grace

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Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.

Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.

Grace, Liberty, Doe

John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.134, Lulu.com

The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.

Men, Giving, Grace

John Calvin (2013). “Institutes of the Christian Religion Vol. 2: Translated from the Original Latin, and Collated With the Author's Last Edition in French”, p.193, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Free will does not enable any man to perform good works, unless he is assisted by grace; indeed, the special grace which the elect alone receive through regeneration. For I stay not to consider the extravagance of those who say that grace is offered equally and promiscuously to all

Men, Grace, Special

John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.235, Jazzybee Verlag

To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace.

Grace, Fallen, Humans

There are sons of God who do not yet appear so to us, but now do so to God; and there are those who, on account of some arrogated or temporal grace, are called so by us, but are not so to God.

Son, Grace, Accounts

John Calvin (1982). “Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God”, p.66, James Clarke & Co.

If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned.

Grace, Ifs

"God the Redeemer: Institutes of The Christian Religion".

Because the will renewed is the Lord's work, it is wrongly attributed to man that he obeys prevenient grace with his will as attendant.

Men, Grace, Lord

It is entirely the work of grace and a benefit conferred by it that our heart is changed from a stony one to one of flesh, that our will is made new, and that we, created anew in heart and mind, at length will what we ought to will.

Heart, Grace, Mind

John Calvin (2002). “The Bondage and Liberation of the Will (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought): A Defence of the Orthodox Doctrine of Human Choice against Pighius”, p.287, Baker Books

All our words ought to be filled with true sweetness and grace; and this will be so if we mingle the useful with the sweet.

Sweet, Grace, Our Words

Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since those only begin to ask whom heaven by grace inspires, even this minute portion of praise must not be withheld from Him. It is the privilege of the elect to be regenerated by the Spirit of God, and then placed under His guidance and government.

Men, Heaven, Grace

John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.132, Lulu.com

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent.

Evil, Grace, Doe

Warned by such evidences of their spiritual illness, believers profit by their humiliations. Robbed of their foolish confidence in the flesh, they take refuge in the grace of God. And when they have done so, they experience the nearness of the divine protection which is to them a strong fortress (Ps 30:6-7).

Spiritual, Strong, Grace

John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.51, Baker Books

God is undoubtedly ready to pardon whenever the sinner turns. Therefore, he does not will his death, in so far as he wills repentance. But experience shows that this will, for the repentance of those whom he invites to himself, is not such as to make him touch all their hearts. Still, it cannot be said that he acts deceitfully; for though the external word only renders, those who hear it, and do not obey it, inexcusable, it is still truly regarded as an evidence of the grace by which he reconciles men to himself.

Heart, Men, Grace

John Calvin “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion, Books Third and Fourth”, Jazzybee Verlag

While sin is overflowing, [grace] pours itself forth so exuberantly, that it not only overcomes the flood of sin, but wholly absorbs it.

Grace, Overcoming, Sin

John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Romans”, p.125, Ravenio Books

For, since the fall of Adam had brought disgrace upon all his posterity, God restores those, whom He separates as His own, so that their condition may be better than that of all other nations. At the same time it must be remarked, that this grace of renewal is effaced in many who have afterwards profaned it

Fall, Grace, May

John Calvin (2012). “Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 4 (Annotated Edition)”, p.382, Jazzybee Verlag

As by the revolt of the first man, the image of God could be effaced from his mind and soul, so there is nothing strange in His shedding some rays of grace on the reprobate, and afterwards allowing these to be extinguished.

Men, Grace, Soul

John Calvin (2014). “Obtaining the Grace of Christ: Institutes of The Christian Religion (Book 3)”, p.80, ReadHowYouWant.com

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