Reformed Confessions Cross-Reference
Five major Reformed confessions mapped to the commentary database
Coverage in progress — ✓ marks indicate proof texts already in the verse commentary database; ✗ marks are on the roadmap. This cross-reference is most useful for navigating existing commentary. The database prioritizes confessional proof texts and expands with each update.
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Westminster Confession of Faith
Presbyterian (1647)
| Article | Subject | Proof Text | In DB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Holy Scripture — Necessary Rule of Faith | 2 Timothy 3:16 | ✗ |
| 2 Peter 1:19-21 | ✗ | ||
| Luke 16:29 | ✗ | ||
| Ephesians 2:20 | ✗ | ||
| 1.4 | Scripture's Authority from God | 2 Timothy 3:16 | ✗ |
| 1 John 5:9 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | ✗ | ||
| 1.6 | Scripture the Whole Counsel of God | 2 Timothy 3:15-17 | ✗ |
| Galatians 1:8-9 | ✓ | ||
| Revelation 22:18-19 | ✗ | ||
| 1.7 | Scripture's Perspicuity | Psalms 119:105 | ✓ |
| 2 Peter 3:16 | ✗ | ||
| Acts 17:11 | ✗ | ||
| 2.1 | God — Infinite and Perfect Being | Exodus 3:14 | ✓ |
| John 4:24 | ✗ | ||
| Psalms 147:5 | ✗ | ||
| Revelation 4:8 | ✗ | ||
| 2.2 | God — Most Holy and Most Free | Isaiah 6:3 | ✓ |
| Exodus 34:6-7 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 11:36 | ✗ | ||
| 3.1 | God's Eternal Decree | Ephesians 1:11 | ✗ |
| Romans 11:33 | ✗ | ||
| Hebrews 6:17 | ✗ | ||
| 3.3 | Predestination — Some to Life | Romans 9:22-23 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 1:5-6 | ✓ | ||
| 1 Thessalonians 5:9 | ✗ | ||
| 3.5 | Election in Christ | Ephesians 1:4-5 | ✓ |
| Romans 8:30 | ✗ | ||
| 2 Timothy 2:19 | ✗ | ||
| 4.2 | Man Created in God's Image | Genesis 1:26-27 | ✗ |
| Ecclesiastes 7:29 | ✗ | ||
| Genesis 2:7 | ✓ | ||
| 5.1 | Providence — God Upholds All Things | Hebrews 1:3 | ✓ |
| Daniel 4:34-35 | ✗ | ||
| Acts 17:25-28 | ✗ | ||
| 5.4 | Providence Over Sin | Romans 11:32-34 | ✗ |
| 2 Samuel 24:1 | ✗ | ||
| Genesis 50:20 | ✓ | ||
| 6.1 | The Fall of Man | Genesis 3:6 | ✗ |
| Ecclesiastes 7:29 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 5:12 | ✓ | ||
| 6.2 | Original Sin Imputed | Romans 5:12 | ✓ |
| 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 5:18-19 | ✗ | ||
| 7.2 | Covenant of Works | Galatians 3:10 | ✓ |
| Romans 10:5 | ✗ | ||
| Luke 10:25-28 | ✗ | ||
| 7.3 | Covenant of Grace | Galatians 3:21 | ✗ |
| Romans 3:20-22 | ✗ | ||
| John 3:16 | ✓ | ||
| 8.1 | Christ — Mediator of the Covenant | John 17:6 | ✗ |
| 1 Timothy 2:5 | ✗ | ||
| Isaiah 42:1 | ✗ | ||
| 8.4 | Christ's Humiliation and Exaltation | Philippians 2:6-8 | ✗ |
| Philippians 2:9-11 | ✗ | ||
| Acts 2:24 | ✗ | ||
| 8.5 | Christ's Satisfaction for Sin | Romans 5:19 | ✗ |
| Hebrews 9:14 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 3:25-26 | ✗ | ||
| 9.3 | Man's Freedom — State of Grace | Philippians 2:13 | ✗ |
| John 8:36 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 6:18 | ✗ | ||
| 10.1 | Effectual Calling by the Spirit | Romans 8:30 | ✗ |
| 2 Timothy 1:9 | ✓ | ||
| Ephesians 2:1-5 | ✗ | ||
| 10.2 | Calling — Not from Foreseen Faith | Romans 9:11 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 2:8-9 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 | ✗ | ||
| 11.1 | Justification by Faith Alone | Romans 3:22-24 | ✗ |
| Romans 5:17-19 | ✗ | ||
| 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 | ✓ | ||
| 11.2 | Faith the Instrument of Justification | Romans 3:28 | ✓ |
| Romans 4:5 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 5:1 | ✓ | ||
| 12.1 | Adoption — Sons of God | Galatians 4:4-5 | ✗ |
| Romans 8:17 | ✓ | ||
| John 1:12 | ✗ | ||
| 13.1 | Sanctification — Throughout the Whole Man | 2 Thessalonians 2:13 | ✗ |
| Romans 6:6 | ✗ | ||
| Ephesians 4:23-24 | ✗ | ||
| 14.1 | Saving Faith — Gift of God | Hebrews 11:1 | ✗ |
| 2 Corinthians 4:13 | ✗ | ||
| Ephesians 2:8 | ✗ | ||
| 15.1 | Repentance unto Life | Acts 11:18 | ✗ |
| Acts 26:18 | ✗ | ||
| Luke 13:3 | ✓ | ||
| 16.2 | Good Works from Faith | James 2:22 | ✗ |
| Philippians 1:11 | ✗ | ||
| Colossians 1:10 | ✗ | ||
| 17.1 | Perseverance of the Saints | Philippians 1:6 | ✓ |
| 2 Timothy 2:19 | ✗ | ||
| John 10:28-29 | ✗ | ||
| 18.1 | Assurance of Grace and Salvation | Romans 8:15-16 | ✗ |
| 1 John 2:3 | ✗ | ||
| Hebrews 6:11-12 | ✗ | ||
| 19.1 | The Law of God | Genesis 2:17 | ✗ |
| Romans 2:14-15 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 10:5 | ✗ | ||
| 19.2 | The Ten Commandments | Deuteronomy 10:4 | ✗ |
| Exodus 34:1 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 13:8-10 | ✗ | ||
| 20.1 | Christian Liberty | Galatians 5:1 | ✓ |
| Romans 8:15 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 6:14 | ✓ | ||
| 21.1 | Religious Worship | John 4:23-24 | ✗ |
| Matthew 4:9-10 | ✗ | ||
| Deuteronomy 12:32 | ✗ | ||
| 21.3 | Prayer in the Name of Christ | John 14:13-14 | ✗ |
| 1 John 5:14-15 | ✗ | ||
| Matthew 6:9-13 | ✗ | ||
| 25.1 | The Catholic Church | Ephesians 1:10 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 1:22-23 | ✗ | ||
| Colossians 1:18 | ✓ | ||
| 29.1 | The Lord's Supper | 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 | ✗ |
| Matthew 26:26-28 | ✗ | ||
| 32.1 | The State of Man After Death | Luke 23:43 | ✓ |
| Acts 3:21 | ✗ | ||
| 2 Corinthians 5:1-6 | ✗ | ||
| 33.1 | The Last Judgment | Romans 2:16 | ✗ |
| Matthew 25:31-46 | ✗ | ||
| 2 Corinthians 5:10 | ✓ |
Heidelberg Catechism
German/Dutch Reformed (1563)
| Article | Subject | Proof Text | In DB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Man's Only Comfort in Life and Death | Romans 8:38-39 | ✗ |
| 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 14:8 | ✗ | ||
| Q2 | Three Things Necessary to Know for Comfort | John 17:3 | ✓ |
| Romans 3:10 | ✗ | ||
| Matthew 5:6 | ✓ | ||
| Q3 | The Source of Our Misery | Romans 3:10 | ✗ |
| John 3:6 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 5:12 | ✓ | ||
| Q6 | God Did Not Create Man Wicked | Genesis 1:31 | ✓ |
| Ephesians 4:24 | ✗ | ||
| Genesis 3:6 | ✗ | ||
| Q7 | The Fall — Depravity of Man | Genesis 3:6 | ✗ |
| Romans 5:12 | ✓ | ||
| Ephesians 2:3 | ✗ | ||
| Q9 | God Not Unjust in Requiring the Impossible | Deuteronomy 27:26 | ✗ |
| Romans 3:19 | ✗ | ||
| Galatians 3:10 | ✓ | ||
| Q12 | Just Punishment for Sin | Genesis 2:17 | ✗ |
| Romans 6:23 | ✓ | ||
| Hebrews 9:22 | ✓ | ||
| Q15 | A Mediator Who Is True God and True Man | 1 Corinthians 15:21 | ✗ |
| John 1:14 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 8:3 | ✗ | ||
| Q16 | Why Must the Mediator Be Truly Human? | Romans 5:15 | ✗ |
| Hebrews 2:14-15 | ✗ | ||
| Isaiah 53:4-5 | ✗ | ||
| Q17 | Why Must the Mediator Also Be True God? | Isaiah 53:11 | ✗ |
| Hebrews 7:26 | ✗ | ||
| Acts 2:24 | ✗ | ||
| Q18 | Who Is the Mediator? | Matthew 1:21 | ✓ |
| Luke 2:11 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Timothy 2:5 | ✗ | ||
| Q20 | Salvation Through Christ — for All? | Matthew 11:28 | ✗ |
| John 3:16 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 8:29-30 | ✗ | ||
| Q21 | True Faith Defined | Hebrews 11:1 | ✗ |
| James 2:19 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 10:10 | ✗ | ||
| Q26 | God the Father — Creator and Provider | Matthew 6:26-32 | ✗ |
| Romans 8:28 | ✓ | ||
| Acts 17:25-28 | ✗ | ||
| Q27 | Providence of God | Hebrews 1:3 | ✓ |
| Psalms 104:2-5 | ✗ | ||
| Matthew 10:29-30 | ✗ | ||
| Q29 | Why Is He Called Jesus? | Matthew 1:21 | ✓ |
| Luke 1:31 | ✗ | ||
| Acts 4:12 | ✓ | ||
| Q31 | Why Is He Called Christ? | Acts 10:38 | ✗ |
| Hebrews 1:9 | ✗ | ||
| Isaiah 61:1 | ✓ | ||
| Q36 | The Benefit of Christ's Holy Conception | Hebrews 4:15 | ✗ |
| Romans 8:3-4 | ✗ | ||
| Galatians 4:4-5 | ✗ | ||
| Q37 | What Do You Understand by the Word Suffered? | Isaiah 53:4-5 | ✗ |
| Romans 4:25 | ✓ | ||
| 1 Peter 3:18 | ✓ | ||
| Q44 | He Descended into Hell | Psalms 18:5-6 | ✗ |
| Matthew 27:46 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 8:38-39 | ✗ | ||
| Q53 | The Holy Spirit and His Work | John 15:26 | ✗ |
| 1 Corinthians 3:16 | ✗ | ||
| John 14:16-17 | ✗ | ||
| Q54 | The Holy Catholic Church | John 10:28-29 | ✗ |
| Romans 8:29-30 | ✗ | ||
| Ephesians 1:10 | ✗ | ||
| Q56 | Forgiveness of Sins | Romans 8:1 | ✓ |
| 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 | ✓ | ||
| 1 John 1:7 | ✓ | ||
| Q60 | How Are You Righteous Before God? | Romans 3:21-28 | ✗ |
| Romans 4:3 | ✗ | ||
| Galatians 2:16 | ✓ | ||
| Q61 | Why Faith Alone Makes Us Righteous | Romans 3:28 | ✓ |
| 1 Corinthians 1:30-31 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 10:4 | ✗ | ||
| Q65 | Faith Is the Gift of God | Ephesians 2:8-9 | ✗ |
| John 3:5 | ✓ | ||
| 1 Corinthians 2:12 | ✗ | ||
| Q86 | Why Must We Do Good Works? | Romans 6:13 | ✗ |
| 1 Peter 2:9-10 | ✓ | ||
| Matthew 5:16 | ✗ | ||
| Q116 | Why Is Prayer Necessary for Christians? | Psalms 50:15 | ✗ |
| Matthew 7:7-8 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 10:13 | ✓ | ||
| Q117 | What Belongs to a Prayer God Will Hear? | Psalms 145:18 | ✗ |
| Romans 8:26 | ✗ | ||
| John 14:13 | ✗ | ||
| Q118 | What Has God Commanded Us to Ask? | Matthew 6:9-13 | ✗ |
| Luke 11:2-4 | ✗ | ||
| Q128 | How Does the Doxology End the Lord's Prayer? | Romans 10:11 | ✗ |
| Revelation 4:11 | ✓ | ||
| 1 Chronicles 29:11-13 | ✗ |
Belgic Confession
Dutch Reformed (1561)
| Article | Subject | Proof Text | In DB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art.1 | There Is One God | Deuteronomy 6:4 | ✗ |
| Isaiah 44:6 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Timothy 2:5 | ✗ | ||
| Art.2 | Knowledge of God by Two Means | Romans 1:19-20 | ✗ |
| Psalms 19:1 | ✗ | ||
| Hebrews 11:3 | ✗ | ||
| Art.3 | Written Word of God | 2 Timothy 3:16 | ✗ |
| 2 Peter 1:21 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 15:4 | ✓ | ||
| Art.5 | Authority of Holy Scripture | John 5:39 | ✗ |
| Acts 17:11 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | ✗ | ||
| Art.7 | Sufficiency of Scripture | Revelation 22:18 | ✗ |
| 2 Timothy 3:16-17 | ✗ | ||
| Galatians 1:8 | ✓ | ||
| Art.10 | Jesus Christ Is True and Eternal God | John 1:1 | ✓ |
| Colossians 1:15-16 | ✓ | ||
| Hebrews 1:3 | ✓ | ||
| Art.11 | The Holy Spirit — True and Eternal God | Acts 5:3-4 | ✗ |
| John 15:26 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Corinthians 3:16 | ✗ | ||
| Art.14 | Man Created Good — The Fall | Genesis 1:31 | ✓ |
| Ecclesiastes 7:29 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 5:12 | ✓ | ||
| Art.15 | Original Sin | Romans 5:12 | ✓ |
| Psalms 51:5 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 8:7 | ✗ | ||
| Art.16 | God's Mercy — Election | Ephesians 1:4-5 | ✓ |
| Romans 9:18 | ✗ | ||
| John 15:16 | ✓ | ||
| Art.17 | Recovery of Fallen Man | Genesis 3:15 | ✓ |
| John 6:39 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 8:29-30 | ✗ | ||
| Art.18 | Incarnation of Jesus Christ | John 1:14 | ✓ |
| Galatians 4:4 | ✗ | ||
| Luke 1:35 | ✓ | ||
| Art.20 | Justice and Mercy of God in Christ | Romans 3:25-26 | ✗ |
| 1 John 4:9-10 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 5:8 | ✓ | ||
| Art.21 | Satisfaction of Christ — Our High Priest | Hebrews 9:14 | ✗ |
| Romans 4:25 | ✓ | ||
| Isaiah 53:4-5 | ✗ | ||
| Art.22 | Faith in Jesus Christ | Romans 3:22-23 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 2:8 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 5:1 | ✓ | ||
| Art.23 | Justification Before God | Romans 3:28 | ✓ |
| 2 Corinthians 5:19 | ✓ | ||
| Galatians 2:16 | ✓ | ||
| Art.24 | Sanctification and Good Works | Philippians 2:13 | ✗ |
| Titus 3:5 | ✓ | ||
| Ephesians 2:10 | ✓ | ||
| Art.27 | The Catholic Church | Ephesians 1:22-23 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 4:4-6 | ✗ | ||
| Colossians 1:18 | ✓ | ||
| Art.35 | Holy Supper of the Lord | 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 | ✗ |
| Matthew 26:26-28 | ✗ | ||
| John 6:53-56 | ✗ | ||
| Art.37 | The Last Judgment | Matthew 25:31-46 | ✗ |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 | ✗ | ||
| Revelation 20:11-15 | ✗ |
Canons of Dort
Dutch Reformed (1619)
| Article | Subject | Proof Text | In DB |
|---|---|---|---|
| I.1 | Divine Election — God's Good Pleasure | Romans 9:11-13 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 1:5-6 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 8:29-30 | ✗ | ||
| I.2 | Election Not Based on Foreseen Faith | Romans 9:11 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 1:4 | ✓ | ||
| 2 Timothy 1:9 | ✓ | ||
| I.6 | Eternal and Unchangeable Election | John 10:28-29 | ✗ |
| Romans 8:35-39 | ✗ | ||
| Philippians 1:6 | ✓ | ||
| I.7 | Election to Be Proclaimed | Romans 8:30 | ✗ |
| 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 | ✗ | ||
| Ephesians 1:13-14 | ✗ | ||
| I.14 | Election Produces Humility and Gratitude | Romans 11:5-6 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 2:8-9 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Corinthians 1:29-31 | ✗ | ||
| II.1 | God Is Just — Punishment for Sin | Romans 1:18 | ✓ |
| Romans 6:23 | ✓ | ||
| Genesis 2:17 | ✗ | ||
| II.3 | Why the Son Was Sent | John 3:16 | ✓ |
| Romans 5:8 | ✓ | ||
| 1 John 4:9-10 | ✗ | ||
| II.6 | The Atonement — Sufficient but Efficient | 1 John 2:2 | ✓ |
| John 11:51-52 | ✗ | ||
| Isaiah 53:11 | ✗ | ||
| II.8 | The Atonement — For the Elect | John 10:15 | ✗ |
| John 17:9 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 8:32-34 | ✗ | ||
| III/IV.1 | Total Depravity — Man Left in Sin | Romans 3:10-18 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 2:1-3 | ✗ | ||
| Genesis 6:5 | ✗ | ||
| III/IV.4 | A Glimmer of Natural Light Remains | Romans 1:19-20 | ✗ |
| Romans 2:14-15 | ✗ | ||
| John 1:5 | ✗ | ||
| III/IV.10 | Effectual Calling by the Spirit | Romans 8:30 | ✗ |
| 1 Corinthians 1:9 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Peter 2:9 | ✓ | ||
| III/IV.12 | Regeneration — A Supernatural Work | John 3:5 | ✓ |
| Ephesians 2:5 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 8:11 | ✗ | ||
| III/IV.16 | God Works Through Means | Romans 10:14-17 | ✗ |
| 1 Corinthians 3:9 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | ✗ | ||
| V.1 | Perseverance — Believers Are Kept | John 10:28-29 | ✗ |
| Philippians 1:6 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 8:35-39 | ✗ | ||
| V.3 | Saints Fall into Sin but Are Preserved | Romans 7:14-23 | ✗ |
| 1 John 2:1 | ✗ | ||
| Psalms 32:5 | ✗ | ||
| V.7 | Perseverance by God's Power | 1 Peter 1:5 | ✗ |
| John 17:11-12 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 8:30 | ✗ | ||
| V.10 | Assurance of Perseverance | Romans 8:16 | ✗ |
| 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 | ✗ | ||
| 1 John 5:13 | ✓ |
1689 London Baptist Confession
Reformed Baptist (1689)
| Article | Subject | Proof Text | In DB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Scripture — the Only Sufficient Rule | 2 Timothy 3:16 | ✗ |
| Isaiah 8:20 | ✗ | ||
| Luke 16:29 | ✗ | ||
| 1.5 | Scripture's Authority | 2 Peter 1:19-21 | ✗ |
| 1 John 5:9 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | ✗ | ||
| 2.1 | God — Most Holy, Most Free | Isaiah 6:3 | ✓ |
| Exodus 3:14 | ✓ | ||
| John 4:24 | ✗ | ||
| 3.1 | God's Eternal Decree | Ephesians 1:11 | ✗ |
| Romans 11:33-34 | ✗ | ||
| Hebrews 6:17 | ✗ | ||
| 3.3 | Predestination to Life | Romans 9:22-23 | ✗ |
| Ephesians 1:5-6 | ✓ | ||
| 1 Thessalonians 5:9 | ✗ | ||
| 4.2 | Man Created in God's Image | Genesis 1:26-27 | ✗ |
| Ecclesiastes 7:29 | ✗ | ||
| Genesis 2:7 | ✓ | ||
| 6.1 | The Fall of Man | Genesis 3:6 | ✗ |
| Romans 5:12 | ✓ | ||
| Ecclesiastes 7:29 | ✗ | ||
| 7.2 | Covenant of Grace | Romans 3:20-22 | ✗ |
| Galatians 3:21 | ✗ | ||
| John 3:16 | ✓ | ||
| 8.1 | Christ the Mediator | Isaiah 42:1 | ✗ |
| John 17:6 | ✗ | ||
| 1 Timothy 2:5 | ✗ | ||
| 8.5 | Christ's Atonement — Full Satisfaction | Romans 5:19 | ✗ |
| Hebrews 9:14 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 3:25-26 | ✗ | ||
| 10.1 | Effectual Calling | Romans 8:30 | ✗ |
| 2 Timothy 1:9 | ✓ | ||
| 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 | ✗ | ||
| 11.1 | Justification by Faith Alone | Romans 3:24-28 | ✓ |
| 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 4:5 | ✓ | ||
| 12.1 | Adoption | John 1:12 | ✗ |
| Galatians 4:4-5 | ✗ | ||
| Romans 8:17 | ✓ | ||
| 13.1 | Sanctification | Romans 6:4-6 | ✗ |
| 2 Thessalonians 2:13 | ✗ | ||
| Ephesians 4:23-24 | ✗ | ||
| 16.1 | Good Works Proceed from True Faith | Ephesians 2:10 | ✓ |
| James 2:22 | ✗ | ||
| Philippians 1:11 | ✗ | ||
| 17.1 | Perseverance of the Saints | John 10:28-29 | ✗ |
| Philippians 1:6 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 8:35-39 | ✗ | ||
| 18.1 | Assurance of Grace | Romans 8:15-16 | ✗ |
| 2 Peter 1:10 | ✗ | ||
| 1 John 2:3 | ✗ | ||
| 29.1 | Baptism — Ordinance of the NT | Matthew 28:19 | ✓ |
| Acts 2:38 | ✓ | ||
| Romans 6:3-4 | ✗ | ||
| 30.1 | Lord's Supper | 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 | ✗ |
| Matthew 26:26-28 | ✗ | ||
| Luke 22:19-20 | ✗ | ||
| 32.1 | State of Man After Death | Luke 23:43 | ✓ |
| Acts 3:21 | ✗ | ||
| Philippians 1:23 | ✗ | ||
| 32.2 | The Last Judgment | Matthew 25:31-46 | ✗ |
| Romans 2:16 | ✗ | ||
| 2 Corinthians 5:10 | ✓ |