Concerning Christian Liberty (The Freedom of a Christian)

True, then, are these two sayings: 'Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works'; 'Bad works do not make a bad man, but a bad man does bad works.'

Let us therefore hold it for certain and firmly established that the soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for. But, having the word, it is rich and wa…

A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one.