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#### Shorter Catechism
<span class="q">Q 1.</span> What is the chief end of man?
<span class="q">A.</span> Man's chief end is to glorify God,[^fnref:wsc1] and to enjoy him forever.[^fnref:wsc2]
[^fnref:wsc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Psalm 86:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19086009.01-1">All the nations you have made shall come<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and worship before you, O Lord,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and shall glorify your name.</p> </div> </div><h5>Isaiah 60:21</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23060021.01-2">Your people shall all be righteous;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>they shall possess the land forever,<br /> the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>that I might be glorified.</p> </div> </div><h5>Romans 11:36</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p class="same-paragraph" id="p45011036.01-3">For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 6:20</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46006020.01-4">for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 10:31</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46010031.01-5">So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.</p> </div><h5>Revelation 4:11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p66004011.01-6">“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>to receive glory and honor and power,<br /> for you created all things,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and by your will they existed and were created.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wsc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Psalm 16:5-11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19016005.01-1">The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is my chosen portion and my cup;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>you hold my lot.<br /> The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19016007.01-1">I bless the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> who gives me counsel;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>in the night also my heart instructs me.<br /> I have set the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> always before me;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19016009.01-1">Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>my flesh also dwells secure.<br /> For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>or let your holy one see corruption.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19016011.01-1">You make known to me the path of life;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>in your presence there is fullness of joy;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.</p> </div> </div><h5>Psalm 144:15</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19144015.01-2">Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!<br /> <span class="indent"></span>Blessed are the people whose God is the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</p> </div> </div><h5>Isaiah 12:2</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p23012002.01-3">“Behold, God is my salvation;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>I will trust, and will not be afraid;<br /> for the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> <span class="small-caps">God</span> is my strength and my song,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and he has become my salvation.”</p> </div> </div><h5>Luke 2:10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42002010.01-4">And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.</p> </div><h5>Philippians 4:4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p50004004.01-5">Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.</p> </div><h5>Revelation 21:3-4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p66021003.01-6">And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
#### Larger Catechism
<span class="q">Q 1.</span> What is the chief and highest end of man?
<span class="q">A.</span> Man's chief and highest end is to glorify God,[^fnref:wlc1] and fully to enjoy him forever.[^fnref:wlc2]
[^fnref:wlc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Romans 11:36</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p class="same-paragraph" id="p45011036.01-1">For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 6:20</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46006020.01-2">for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 10:31</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46010031.01-3">So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.</p> </div><h5>Psalm 86:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19086009.01-4">All the nations you have made shall come<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and worship before you, O Lord,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and shall glorify your name.</p> </div> </div><h5>Psalm 86:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19086012.01-5">I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and I will glorify your name forever. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Psalm 73:24-28</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19073024.01-1">You guide me with your counsel,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and afterward you will receive me to glory.<br /> Whom have I in heaven but you?<br /> <span class="indent"></span>And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.<br /> My flesh and my heart may fail,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19073027.01-1">For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.<br /> But for me it is good to be near God;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>I have made the Lord <span class="small-caps">God</span> my refuge,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>that I may tell of all your works.</p> </div> </div><h5>John 17:21-23</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43017021.01-2"><span class="woc">that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.</span> <span class="woc">The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,</span> <span class="woc">I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.</span></p> </div><h5>Psalm 16:5-11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19016005.01-3">The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is my chosen portion and my cup;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>you hold my lot.<br /> The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19016007.01-3">I bless the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> who gives me counsel;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>in the night also my heart instructs me.<br /> I have set the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> always before me;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19016009.01-3">Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>my flesh also dwells secure.<br /> For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>or let your holy one see corruption.</p> <p class="line-group" id="p19016011.01-3">You make known to me the path of life;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>in your presence there is fullness of joy;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.</p> </div> </div><h5>Revelation 21:3-4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p66021003.01-4">And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>