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Q17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?

The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.

Proof texts

• Rom. 5:12 — [12] Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned —

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Rom. 5:12 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. WLC Q23 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

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