Baptist Catechism of 1693 · Question 4
What is the word of God?
The holy scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the word of God, and the only certain rule of faith and obedience.
Scripture proofs King James Version
- 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
- Ephesians 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Edition & Source Public domain
- Source
- The Baptist Catechism (Keach’s Catechism)
- Translation
- Original English, spelling lightly modernized; Scripture proofs: King James Version
- Published
- 1693; text of the 1695 fifth edition
- Original URL
- baptistcatechism.org/
- Copyright
- Public domain.
- License
- Public domain
- Attribution
- Public domain: published before 1931. Text taken from baptistcatechism.org, which uses the oldest known copy (the 1695 fifth edition). The other online text I found (reformedreader.org) is the Spurgeon-era version, a different wording, so it could not be used to check this one. Not yet proofread against a scanned original. Scripture proof texts are the King James Version, from the public-domain Project Gutenberg edition, added with tools/add_kjv.py. A few references could not be matched to verses (whole-chapter references such as ‘Genesis 1 throughout’, and typing slips in the source) and are shown without text.
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Cite as The Baptist Catechism (Keach’s Catechism). 1693; text of the 1695 fifth edition. https://baptistcatechism.org/