Keach's Catechism · 1794

Q88. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?

No mere man, since the fall, is able in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but daily breaks them in thought, word, and deed.
Answer · Keach's Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    Ecclesiastes 7:20

    For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

    Genesis 6:5

    And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

    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.

    1 John 1:8

    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    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.

    Romans 3:23

    For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.