Reformed Confessions
1–3Our Chief End and the Scriptures
  1. 1Our Chief End and the Scriptures
  2. 4God, His Decrees and His Works
  3. 13The Fall and Sin
  4. 20The Redeemer and Redemption
  5. 39The Moral Law and the First Table
  6. 63The Second Table, and Sin’s Desert
  7. 85The Means of Grace

Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q 1–3

Our Chief End and the Scriptures

  • Questions 1–3

Questions & Answers

Q1

What is the chief end of man?

A.

Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.

Q2

What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?

A.

The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.

Q3

What do the Scriptures principally teach?

A.

The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.

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