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Heidelberg Catechism, Question 34

Question 34

Wherefore callest thou him, Our Lord ?

Because he has redeemed us, both soul and body, from all our sins (1 Cor. 6;20); not with gold or silver, but with his precious blood (Col. 1;14); and has delivered us from all the power of the devil, and thus made us his own property (Heb. 2;14, 15).

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

1 Corinthians 6:20

20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

Titus 2:14

14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Galatians 4:4

4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Galatians 4:5

5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

Mark 10:45

45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Colossians 1:14

14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

1 Peter 1:18

18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

1 Peter 1:19

19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

1 John 1:7

7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 Corinthians 7:23

23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

1 Timothy 2:6

6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

Hebrews 2:14

14Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Hebrews 2:15

15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

1 John 3:8

8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

1 Peter 2:9

9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Source and edition

Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879

Public Domain (historic text); CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikisource transcription). Source transcription.

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