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pagetitle: What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
date: February 19, 2020
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#### Shorter Catechism
<span class="q">Q 15.</span> What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
<span class="q">A.</span> The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.[^fnref:wsc1]
[^fnref:wsc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Genesis 3:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p01003006.01-1">So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>