140. Why does the catechism use the word all nine times in its explanation of the First Article?
This emphasizes the completeness of God's creative work. It is another way of saying that God created the "heavens and the earth."
John 3:27 John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from Heaven."
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
1 Corinthians 4:7 What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
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