First London Baptist Confession of Faith (second edition) · Chapter 8

Article 8

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1. The rule of this knowledge, faith, and obedience, concerning the worship of God, in which is contained the whole duty of man, is (not mens lawes, or unwritten traditions, but) onely the word of God contained in the holy^a Scriptures, in which is plainly recorded whatsoever is needfull for us to know, beleeve, and practise, which are the onely rule of holinesse and obedience for all Saints, at all times, in all places to bee observed.^b

Proofs

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

aColossians 2:23; Matthew 15:9, 6
bJohn 5:39; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Isaiah 8:20; Galatians 1:8–9; Acts 3:22–23

Related texts

First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) 7.1
First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) 8.1

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