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Q15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

Proof texts

• Gen. 3:6,12 — [6] So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. [12] The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Gen. 3:6,12 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. WLC Q21 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
3. HC Q3 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WLC Q21 · HC Q3 · BC 4.1 · BC 4.2 · 1689 6.1 · 1689 6.2 · 1689 6.3 · 1689 6.4 · 1689 6.5