Westminster Larger Catechism: Q26




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Summary: <p><em>How is original sin conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity?</em></p><p>A. 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.</p><br><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Job%2014.4" target="_blank">Job 14:4</a></p><p>4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?</p><p>There is not one.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ps%2051.5" target="_blank">Psalm 51:5</a></p><p>5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,</p><p>and in sin did my mother conceive me.</p><p><a href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John%203.6" target="_blank">John 3:6</a></p><p>6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.</p>