Quote#Love
It is in some respect greater love in Jesus to sanctify than to…
Quote bySamuel Rutherford · 1600–1661
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 530..
English (original)
It is in some respect greater love in Jesus to sanctify than to justify, for He maketh us most like Himself, in His own essential portraiture and image in sanctifying us.
— Samuel Rutherford
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