Catechisma
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Lord’s Day 23

Q59. What good does it do you, however, to believe all this?

In Christ I am right with God and heir to life everlasting.

Scripture Proofs — King James Version

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John 3:36

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Romans 1:17

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Romans 5:1–2

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Habakkuk 2:4

Behold, his soul is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

CommentaryZacharias Ursinus (1616)

Note: The exposition for Questions 59 and 60 is combined. See Question 60 for the full commentary on justification.

Zacharias Ursinus, Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism (1616). Public domain.