An Orthodox Catechism

    Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus

    Question 59

    Section 23: Lord’s Day 23

    But what doth it profit thee now that thou believest all this?

    That I am righteous in Christ, before God, and an heir of eternal life.a

    1. a. Romans 5:1; Romans 1:17; John 3:36

      Romans 5:1

      5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

      5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

      Romans 1:17

      1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

      1:17 For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

      John 3:36

      3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

      3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him."

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    An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 58

    But when thou believest all these things, what doth it profit redoundeth thence unto thee?now that thou believest all this?

    That I am righteous in Christ before God, and an Heir of eternal Life.

    Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 59

    But what doth it profit thee now that thou believest all this?

    That I am righteous in Christ, before God, and an heir of eternal life.

    An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 58

    But when thou believest all these things, what profit redoundeth thence unto thee?

    That I am righteous in Christ before God, and an Heir of eternal Life.

    Commentaries (2)

    • Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, The Summe of Christian Religion (2 parts)

      But when thou beleeuest all these thinges, what profit redoundeth thence vnto thee? That I am righteous in Christ before God, and an heir of eternal life.

      Zacharias Ursinus’s text

    • Jeremias Bastingius, 1591, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use

      THE ARGVMENT. A repetition of the fruite of all the articles of our beleefe: where, both of Iustification by faith, and of the woorde (faith onely) Now, when thou beleeuest all…

      Jeremias Bastingius’s text