Saint Paul quotes
The best-known lines of Saint Paul from The Acts of Paul, The Acts of Paul and Thecla, Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli, Latin), each with the book and section it comes from, so you can read it in context.
- 1
“Paul answered him: ‘Nero, I will suffer for a little while, but I will live forever for my God and my eternal king, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is coming to judge the world in a conflagration of fire.’”
- 2
“Whenever I read your letters, I feel as though you are right here with me, and I can hardly think of you as anything other than a constant presence in my life.”
- 3
“For Paul said: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
- 4
“And the voice of God came, saying: Just as this soul has not grieved me, neither will I grieve it; for just as it has shown mercy, I also will show mercy.”
- 5
“Paul said to them: ‘You need me to remain in the flesh, if you wish to believe, more than I do — I am going to life through death. But now, let us go forward with joy in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.’”
- 6
“And again the voice came, saying: The judgment of God is just, and there is no favoritism with God, for whoever has shown mercy will receive mercy, and whoever has shown no mercy, neither shall God show mercy on him.”
- 7
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy and shall not see the bitter day of judgment.”
- 8
“Have you not yet heard what is written: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth?”
- 9
“But do not imagine that the wealth and splendor of this present life will save you — they will not.”
- 10
“And he saw Paul coming — a man small in stature, with a bald head and crooked legs, but vigorous in body, with eyebrows that met and a nose somewhat hooked, and full of grace. For sometimes he appeared simply as a man, and sometimes his face was like the face of an angel.”
- 11
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy, and shall not see the bitter day of judgment.”
- 12
“Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke steadily to Caesar in the hearing of all who were present: Nero, I am recruiting soldiers not only from your own household but from the entire world. For my orders are to turn no one away, from any nation, who wishes to serve my eternal king.”
- 13
“And he saw Paul approaching: a man small in stature, with thinning hair, bowed legs, a vigorous body, eyebrows that met in the middle, and a nose somewhat hooked — yet full of grace, for sometimes he appeared simply as a man, and sometimes his face was like the face of an angel.”
- 14
“Blessed are they who keep the flesh chaste, for they shall become the temple of God.”
- 15
“Therefore, you wise men, let your wisdom take counsel and discern who made the world — for it did not come into being without a maker. Consider who made man — for, as the divine scriptures testify, he did not make himself.”
- 16
“Paul said to them: My brothers, I am not a fugitive but a lawful soldier of my king.”
- 17
“If you fear Caesar's anger because you have changed your former religion and brought others to do the same, you have this defense: that your action arose not from inconstancy, but from considered judgment.”
- 18
“If we conduct ourselves with a humble and yielding spirit, we shall prevail effectively in every respect — provided they are people capable of seeing clearly and acknowledging that they themselves have been in the wrong.”
- 19
“You were my helper in prison, my helper before the governors, my helper in the fire, my helper among the beasts. You are God, and to you be the glory forever. Amen.”
- 20
“The God of all things, the Father of Christ, will turn your hands back, return your sword to its sheath, and reduce your strength to weakness — for I am a servant of God, though I stand alone, a stranger, insignificant and of no reputation among the Gentiles.”
- 21
“Learn, both the foolish and the wise, that this world is nothing, gold is nothing, all money is nothing.”
- 22
“I am therefore confident that I am sowing the strongest seed in fertile ground — not anything material, which is subject to decay, but the enduring word of God, which will grow and bear fruit into eternity.”
- 23
“Again I say to you, I who do these works testify that a man is not justified by the Law, but by the works of righteousness.”
- 24
“For they do not know, O Corinthians, how seeds of wheat or other grain are cast bare into the earth, decay, and rise again by the will of God with bodies and clothed in new form.”
- 25
“Blessed are those who tremble at the words of God, for they shall be comforted.”
- 26
“Blessed are those who have laid hold of the understanding of Jesus Christ, for they shall be in the light.”
- 27
“Blessed are they who have renounced this world, for they shall be well-pleasing to God.”
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