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Question 87

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Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?

No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God,a but doth daily break them in thought, word, or deed.b

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aEcclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8, 10; Galatians 5:17
  2. bGenesis 6:5, 8:21; Rom. 3:9–21; James 3:2–13

Commentary

Related texts

Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism

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