# “What is your only comfort in life and death?” – The Heidelberg Catechism

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- Published: 2008-11-06T15:39:22-06:00
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**1. Q. What is your only comfort in life and death?**

**A.** That I am not my own,[1] but belong with body and soul, both in life and 
in death,[2] to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.[3] He has fully paid for all my
sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the devil.[
5] He also preserves me in such a way[6] that without the will of my heavenly Father
not a hair can fall from my head;[7] indeed, all things must work together for my
salvation.[8] Therefore, by His Holy Spirit He also assures me of eternal life[9]
and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for Him.[10]

> [1] I Cor. 6:19, 20 [2] Rom. 14:7-9. [3] I Cor. 3:23; Tit. 2:14. [4] I Pet. 1:
> 18, 19; I John 1:7; 2:2. [5] John 8:34-36; Heb. 2:14, 15; I John 3:8. [6] John
> 6:39, 40; 10:27-30; II Thess. 3:3; I Pet. 1:5. [7] Matt. 10:29-31; Luke 21:16-
> 18. [8] Rom. 8:28. [9] Rom. 8:15, 16; II Cor. 1:21, 22; 5:5; Eph. 1:13, 14. [10]
> Rom. 8:14.

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