Catechism for Young Children · Question 28 of 145
What is sin?
A.Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
What does this answer mean?
This answer is the same as the Shorter Catechism's question 14: sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. The words are long for a small child, so the next two questions explain them. Many families teach this answer in phrases over two or three weeks.
What can we ask our children?
- What is sin?
- What is God's law?
- Can you say the answer in two parts?
Can I print this question?
Yes. Every printable here is free for home, church and co-op use. Press Print on any of these pages for a clean sheet.
- Memory card for question 28 (fold-over card, question on the front)
- Copywork page for question 28 (trace, then copy)
- Memory cards for questions 21 to 30
- Copywork for questions 21 to 30
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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).
Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.