22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Romans 6:4-6
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Frage 89. Was ist die Absterbung des alten Menschen?
Sich die Sünde von Herzen lassen leid sein, und dieselbe je länger je mehr hassen und fliehen.
Q89. What is the dying of the old man?
Heartfelt sorrow for sin; causing us to hate and turn from it always more and more.
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Romans 7:22
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Frage 91. Welches sind aber gute Werke?
Allein die aus wahrem Glauben nach dem Gesetz Gottes ihm zu Ehren geschehen, und nicht die auf unser Gutdünken oder Menschen-Satzung gegründet sind.
Q91. But what are good works?
Those only which are done from true faith, according to the law of God, for His glory; and not such as rest on our own opinion or the commandments of men.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Deuteronomy 12:32
32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Matthew 15:9
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
1 Corinthians 10:31
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Numbers 15:39
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: