Heidelberg Catechism · Question 2

Explaining Introduction: our only comfort

What do you need to know in order to live and die in the joy of this comfort?

Scripture proofs King James Version

• Rom. 3:9, 10 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
• I John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
• Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
• Matt. 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Rom. 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
• Eph. 5:8-10 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
• I Pet. 2:9, 10 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.