The Best of Men Are Men at Best

“The best of men are only men at their very best. Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, – martyrs, fathers, reformers, puritans, – all are sinners, who need a Savior: holy, useful, honorable in their place – but sinners after all.”

~ J.C. Ryle

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew, 209.