CD 2.14

2.14. Second Head of Doctrine, Rejection of Errors 5

That all men have been accepted unto the state of reconciliation and unto the grace of the covenant, so that no one is worthy of condemnation on account of original sin, and that no one shall be condemned because of it, but that all are free from the guilt of original sin For this opinion is repugnant to Scripture which teaches that we are by nature children of wrath (Eph. 2:3).

Proof texts

• Eph. 2:3 — [3] among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Eph. 2:3 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. WSC Q21 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
3. WLC Q36 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WSC Q21 · WLC Q36 · WCF 8.1 · HC Q37 · BC 5.5 · BC 5.6 · 1689 8.1