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A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

Martin Luther
Giving, Suffering, Religion

Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.

Martin Luther
Suffering, Doe, Knowing God

Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor.

Martin Luther
Prayer, Suffering, Study

God can be found only in suffering and the cross.

Martin Luther
Suffering, Crosses, Found
Martin Luther (2012). “Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings”, p.70, Fortress Press

This is the good and happy news, that Christ has paid for our sin, and through His suffering has redeemed us from eternal death. It is His kingdom and His ministry, to preach the Gospel to the poor; that is His purpose. For to the great and holy He cannot come. They do not wish to be counted sinners, and therefore do not need His Gospel.

Martin Luther
Christian, Prayer, Suffering
Martin Luther “Day by Day We Magnify You: Daily Readings for the Entire Year”, Augsburg Books

Believest thou? then thou wilt speak boldly. Speakest thou boldy? then thou must suffer. Sufferest thou? then thou shalt be comforted. For faith, the confession thereof, and the cross do follow one another.

Martin Luther
Faith, Suffering, Speak

Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.

Martin Luther
Religious, Humor, Suffering
Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.252

No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.

Martin Luther
Adversity, Men, Suffering
Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.270

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