Quote#Money & Wealth
If God promise riches, the way thereto is poverty. Whom he loveth,…
Quote byWilliam Tyndale · 1494–1536
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Obedience of A Christian Man (1528).
English (original)
If God promise riches, the way thereto is poverty. Whom he loveth, him he chasteneth: whom he exalteth, he casteth, down: whom he saveth, he damneth first. He bringeth no man to heaven, except he send him to hell first.
— William Tyndale
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