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#### Confession of Faith
##### Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof
From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good,[^fnref:wcf1] and wholly inclined to all evil,[^fnref:wcf2] do proceed all actual transgressions.[^fnref:wcf3]
[^fnref:wcf1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Romans 5:6</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45005006.01-1">For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.</p> </div><h5>Romans 8:7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45008007.01-2">For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.</p> </div><h5>Romans 7:18</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45007018.01-3">For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.</p> </div><h5>Colossians 1:21</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p51001021.01-4">And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wcf2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Genesis 6:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p01006005.01-1">The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.</p> </div><h5>Genesis 8:21</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p01008021.01-2">And when the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> smelled the pleasing aroma, the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.</p> </div><h5>Romans 3:10-12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45003010.01-3">as it is written:</p> <div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p45003010.05-3">“None is righteous, no, not one;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>no one understands;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>no one seeks for God.<br /> All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>no one does good,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>not even one.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wcf3]: <div class="esv"><h5>James 1:14-15</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p59001014.01-1">But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.</p> </div><h5>Ephesians 2:2-3</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49002002.01-2">in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.</p> </div><h5>Matthew 15:19</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40015019.01-3"><span class="woc">For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.</span> (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>