Q. 82. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
Question. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
Answer. No mere man, since the fall, is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed.
Proofs.
- [a] Gen. 8:21; Rom. 3:9ff, 23
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Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 82, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: GEN.8.21, ROM.3.23
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