Web transcription of the official 2026 PDF, with links (Crown & Covenant Publications), or the unchanged file. Where they differ, the PDF governs.Transcribed from the official 2026 PDF, with links (or the unchanged file). Where they differ, the PDF governs.
Genesis 2:16
The 2026 edition cites 3 passages containing Genesis 2:16, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Genesis 2:15-16
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 20
The providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created, was the placing him in paradise, appointing him to dress it, giving him liberty to eat…
Genesis 2:15-17
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 4.8
Man is steward of the creation and should treat his resources of material wealth, environment, health, energy and talents as gifts of God, for which he must…
Genesis 2:16-17
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Cited by 5 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 2
- CF 6.3
They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed, to all their posterity…
- CF 9.2
Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which was good, and well pleasing to God; but yet mutably, so that he might fall…
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 1.1
God has revealed Himself in His works, called natural or general revelation, and His Word, called special revelation. This self-revelation contains all that…
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 22
The covenant being made with Adam, as a public person, not for himself only, but for his posterity; all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 16
The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and…