Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

Question 5

What do the scriptures principally teach?

The scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.^a

What do the scriptures principally teach?

The scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.^a

a. 2 Timothy 1:13
2 Timothy 1:13
^1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
^1:13 Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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Related (2)

The Baptist Catechism (1695), parallel to this question

Question 6

What things are chiefly contained in the holy scriptures?

The holy scriptures chiefly contain what man ought to believe concerning God, and what duty God requireth of man.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

Question 3

What do the Scriptures principally teach?

The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.

Commentaries (10)

Hugh Binning, 1659, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
1 Tim. i. 13. Hold fast that form of sound Words, which thou hast heard of me in Faith, and Love. &c. Here is the sum of Religion, here you have a compend of the Doctrine of the…
Hugh Binning’s text
Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
What do the Scriptures principally teach? The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what God requires of man.
Joseph Alleine’s text
Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
What do the Scriptures principally teach? The Scriptures principally teach, what Man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of Man.
Thomas Lye’s text
Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
What do the Scriptures principally teach? The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requireth of man.
Thomas Vincent’s text
1675, An Explicatory Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
What do the Scriptures principally teach? The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what Duty God requires of man.
Its text
John Flavel, 1692, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
What do the Scriptures principally teach? The Scriptures principally teach what Man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of Man.
John Flavel’s text
Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
Quest. III. What do the Scriptures principally Teach? Resp. The Scriptures principally teach what Man is to believe concerning GOD, and what Duty GOD requires of Man. Quest. What…
Thomas Watson’s text
Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
What do the Scriptures principally teach? The Scriptures principally teach, what Man is to believe concerning God, and what Duty God requires of Man.
Matthew Henry’s text
Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism
On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 6, parallel to this question
Are men by nature ignorant of God? Yes. And they know not me, saith the Lord, Are all things profitable and necessary contained in the holy scriptures? Yes. They are able to make…
Benjamin Beddome’s text
Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 3, parallel to this question
The two first Questions in the Catechism are introductory to the body of the work, as has already been pointed out. And the whole superstructure is exhibited in outline in the…
Alexander Whyte’s text