John Calvin — Commentary on Ephesians

Again, as the kingdom of God is continually growing and advancing to the end of the world, we must pray every day that it may come: for to whatever extent iniquity abounds in the world, to such an extent the kingdom of G…

We must resist wandering thoughts in prayer. Raising our hands reminds us that we need to raise up our minds to God, setting aside all irrelevant thoughts.

No religion is genuine unless it be joined with truth.

THE GOAL OF God's work in us is to bring our lives into harmony and agreement with His own righteousness, and so to manifest to ourselves and others our identity as His adopted children.

Such nominal Christians demonstrate their knowledge of Christ to be false and offensive no matter how eloquently and loudly they talk about the gospel. For true doctrine is not a matter of the tongue, but of life; neithe…

So, too, David, after he has prayed the ways of God be made known to him so that he may walk in his truth, immediately adds, 'Unite my heart to fear thy name' [Ps. 86:11; cf. Ps. 119:33]. By these words he means that eve…