Portrait of Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo on Grace

My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
— 2 Corinthians 12:9

6 quotations from Augustine of Hippo on Grace, each traced to the exact paragraph it comes from. Follow any of them into the full text — free, and without an account.

Confessions 4

  1. To Thy grace I ascribe it, and to Thy mercy, that Thou hast melted away my sins as it were ice.
  2. Let them then be turned, and seek Thee; because not as they have forsaken their Creator, hast Thou forsaken Thy creation.
  3. Thou didst rescue my tongue, whence Thou hadst before rescued my heart.
  4. I call upon Thee, O my God, my mercy, Who createdst me, and forgottest not me, forgetting Thee.

The Enchiridion 2

  1. In these two you have those three graces exemplified: faith believes, hope and love pray.
  2. Of these four different stages the first is before the law, the second is under the law, the third is under grace, and the fourth is in full and perfect peace.