The Baptist Catechism

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

    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.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

    1. a. 2 Timothy 1:13; 2 Timothy 3:16

      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.

      2 Timothy 3:16

      3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

      3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

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    Changes in The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 6

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 6

    What do things are chiefly contained in the holy scriptures?principally teach?

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

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), 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.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), 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.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 6

    What do things are chiefly contained in the holy scriptures?principally teach?

    The holy scriptures principally teach chiefly contain what man is ought to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized) (1647), 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.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), 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 requires of man.

    Related (2)

    Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

    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.

    Question 6

    What do the scriptures make known of God?

    The scriptures make known what God is, the persons in the Godhead, his decrees, and the execution of his decrees.

    Commentaries (10)

    • Hugh Binning, 1659, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion

      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

      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

      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

      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

      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

      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

      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

      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

    • Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism

      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

    • Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism

      On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 6, which adapts 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