Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 84
Question 84
What doth every sin deserve?
Every sin deserveth God's wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
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Ephesians 5:66Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Galatians 3:1010All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Lamentations 3:3939Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
Matthew 25:4141Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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