Question 17

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What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.a

What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.a

  1. a. 1 John 3:4

    1 John 3:4

    3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

    3:4 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

    King James VersionBerean Standard Bible

Question 17, sung: The Baptist Catechism Set to Music, Jim Scott Orrick
Diff style

Changes from Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 14

No change.

No change.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 14

What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 14

What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 17

What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 14

What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 14

What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

The Baptist Catechism (modernized) (1695), Question 17

What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

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Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

Question 24

What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, any law of God, given as a rule to the reasonable creature.

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