Martin Luther Quotes About Duty

Quotes about: Duty

• It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Religion, Neighbor

• The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Law, Preaching The Gospel

• We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.

  Martin Luther

  Prayer, Believe, Men

• War for the sake of war is sin, but war for the sake of defense is duty.

  Martin Luther

  War, Defense, Sake

• Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school. ... If the government can compel such citizens as are fit for military service to bear spear and rifle, to mount ramparts, and perform other martial duties in time of war, how much more has it a right to compel the people to send their children to school, because in this case we are warring with the devil, whose object it is secretly to exhaust our cities and principalities of their strong men.

  Martin Luther

  Strong, Children, Military

  Letter to the German rulers (1524) in "The History of Compulsory Education in New England" by John William Perrin, 1896.

• Put thou thy trust in God;
  In duty's path go on;
  Fix on His word thy steadfast eye;
  So shall thy work be done.

  Martin Luther

  Eye, Done, Goes On

• If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow the transitory, evanescent demands of man-made institutions to take precedence over the eternal demands of the Almighty God.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Men, Demand

• Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.

  Martin Luther

  Art, Kings, Law

• A Christian is free and independent in every respect, a bond servant to none. A Christian is a dutiful servant in every respect, owing a duty to everyone.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Independent, Owing

  Martin Luther (1952). “The basis of the Protestant Reformation”

• It is the duty of a prudent minister of God to hold his ministry in honor and to see to it that it is respected by those who are in his charge. Moreoever, it is the duty of a faithful minister not to exceed his powers and not to abuse his office in pride, but, rather, to administer it for the benefit of his subjects.

  Martin Luther

  Pride, Office, Faithful

  Martin Luther (1961). “Lectures on Romans”, p.6, Westminster John Knox Press

• Thoughts are not subject to duty.

  Martin Luther

  Duty, Subjects

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