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Westminster Shorter Catechism Project

Westminster Shorter Catechism
Question 14

Q: What is sin?
A: Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.¹

1 John 3:4. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
James 4:17. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Romans 3:23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

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Further links concerning this catechism question: [ASCENDING ALPHABETIC ORDER BY AUTHOR]

Francis R. Beattie's The Presbyterian Standards
- Original Sin
James Fisher's Catechism on the Catechism [OFFSITE]
John Flavel's Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism
Matthew Henry's A Scripture Catechism in the Method of the Assembly's
Thomas Vincent's The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture
Thomas Watson's Body of Divinity
John Whitecross' The Shorter Catechism Illustrated
Alexander Whyte's A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism

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