Westminster Larger Catechism · Question 26
How is original sin conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity?
Original sin is conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity by natural generation, so as all that proceed from them in that way are conceived and born in sin.
Scripture proofs King James Version
- Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
- John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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