WSC 3

Q3. What do the Scriptures principally teach?

The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.

Proof texts

• 2 Tim. 1:13 — [13] Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
• 2 Tim. 3:16 — [16] All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited 2 Tim. 1:13 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. 2 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
3. WLC Q5 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
4. HC Q1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WLC Q5 · HC Q1 · HC Q2 · BC 1.1 · BC 1.2 · BC 1.3 · BC 1.4 · BC 1.5 · BC 1.6 · BC 1.7