Q65. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
No mere man, since the fall, is able in his life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but does daily break them in thought, word, and deed.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:20
“For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.”
Genesis 8:21
“And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”
James 3:8
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
James 3:2
“For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.”