Catechesis

Westminster Larger Catechism

Question 26

How is original sin conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity?

Scripture

  1. Psalm 51:5 [1]
    Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. (ESV)
  2. Job 14:4 [1]
    Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one. (ESV)
  3. Job 15:14 [1]
    What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous? (ESV)
  4. John 3:6 [1]
    That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (ESV)