When a certain shameless fellow mockingly asked a pious old man what God had done before the creation of the world the latter aptly countered that he had been building hell for the curious.
John CalvinHow do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.
John CalvinWe shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
John Calvin