The Heidelberg Catechism

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Question 127 Which is the sixth petition?

Which is the sixth petition?

"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil"; that is, since we are so weak in ourselves, that we cannot stand a moment; [375] and besides this, since our mortal enemies, the devil, [376] the world, [377] and our own flesh, [378] cease not to assault us, do thou therefore preserve and strengthen us by the power of thy Holy Spirit, that we may not be overcome in this spiritual warfare, [379] but constantly and strenuously may resist our foes, till at last we obtain a complete victory. [380]