Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus

Question 5

Section 2: Lord’s Day 2

Canst thou keep all these things perfectly?

In no wise;a for I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbour.b

  1. a. Romans 3:10; 1 John 1:8

    Romans 3:10

    3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

    3:10 As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one.

    1 John 1:8

    1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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  2. b. Romans 8:7; Titus 3:3

    Romans 8:7

    8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

    8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.

    Titus 3:3

    3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

    3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures-living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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Changes in An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 5

An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 5

Canst Art thou able to keep all these things perfectly?

In No wise; truly: for by nature I am prone by nature to hate the hatred of God, and of my Neighbours.

Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 5

Canst thou keep all these things perfectly?

In no wise; for I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbour.

An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 5

Art thou able to keep all these things perfectly?

No truly: for by nature I am prone to the hatred of God, and of my Neighbours.

Commentaries (2)

  • Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, The Summe of Christian Religion (3 parts)

    Art thou able to keepe all these thinges perfectlie? No truely: For by nature I am prone to the hatred of God and of my neighbour.

    Zacharias Ursinus’s text
  • Jeremias Bastingius, 1591, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use

    Art thou able to keepe all these thinges perfectlie? In no wise: For by nature I am prone to the hatred of God, and of my neighbour.

    Jeremias Bastingius’s text