Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

Question 102

What is the sum of the four commandments which contain our duty to God?

The sum of the four commandments containing our duty to God is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our strength, and with all our mind.^a

What is the sum of the four commandments which contain our duty to God?

The sum of the four commandments containing our duty to God is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our strength, and with all our mind.^a

a. Luke 10:27
Luke 10:27
^10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
^10:27 He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
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The Baptist Catechism (1695), parallel to this question

Question 47

What is the sum of the ten commandments?

The sum of the ten commandments is, to love the Lord our God, with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbour as ourselves.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

Question 42

What is the sum of the ten commandments?

The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbour as ourselves.

Commentaries (9)

Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the sum of the ten Commandments? The sum of the ten Commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all…
Joseph Alleine’s text
Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? The sum of the Ten Commandments, is, to love,
Thomas Lye’s text
Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? The sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our…
Thomas Vincent’s text
1675, An Explicatory Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the summ of the ten Commandments? The summ of the ten Commandments is to Love the Lord our God with all our Heart, and with all our Soul, and with all our Mind, and with…
Its text
John Flavel, 1692, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? The sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all…
John Flavel’s text
Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
The Rule of Obedience being the Moral Law comprehended in the Ten Commandements; the next Question is, Quest. What is the Sum of the Ten Commandements? Resp. The Summ of the Ten…
Thomas Watson’s text
Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the Sum of the Ten Commandments? The Sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our Heart, with all our Soul, with all our Strength, and with all our…
Matthew Henry’s text
Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism
On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 47, parallel to this question
Were the Ten Commandments written originally in two tables? Yes. The Lord said hew thee out two tables of stone, and I will write upon the tables, Is it our duty to love God? Yes.…
Benjamin Beddome’s text
Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
The sum—The sum of a summary. (See Answer 41.) The pith and marrow of the moral law. to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind—The original of this…
Alexander Whyte’s text