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<strong>An</strong> <strong>Orthodox</strong> <strong>Catechism</strong><br />
1 Rom. 3:20. Therefore by the deeds of the law no<br />
flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the<br />
knowledge of sin. 7:5. For when we were in the flesh,<br />
the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were<br />
at work in our members to bear fruit to death. 13. Has<br />
then what is good become death to me? Certainly not!<br />
But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in<br />
me through what is good, so that sin through the<br />
commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 5:20.<br />
Moreover the law entered that the offense might<br />
abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much<br />
more.<br />
Q. 4: What doth the law of God require of us?<br />
A. That which doth Christ summarily teach us,<br />
Matt. 22:37-40. Thou shalt love the Lord thy<br />
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,<br />
and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. 1<br />
This is the first and the great commandment,<br />
and the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love<br />
thy neighbor as thyself. On these two<br />
commandments hang the whole Law and the<br />
prophets.<br />
1 Luke 10:27. So he answered and said, " 'You shall<br />
love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your<br />
soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and<br />
'your neighbor as yourself.' "<br />
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