### 1. Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death?

**A**. That I am not my own,<sup>1</sup> but belong—body and soul, in life and in death<sup>2</sup>—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.<sup>3</sup>He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,<sup>4</sup> and has delivered me from the tyranny of the devil.<sup>5</sup>. He also watches over me in such a way<sup>6</sup> that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven;<sup>7</sup> in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.<sup>8</sup>. Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, also assures me of eternal life<sup>9</sup> and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.<sup>10</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [1 Cor. 6:19-20](/get-passage/1+Corinthians+6:19-20)
<sup>2</sup> [Rom. 14:7-9](/get-passage/Romans+14:7-9)
<sup>3</sup> [1 Cor. 3:23](/get-passage/1+Corinthians+3:23); [Titus 2:14](/get-passage/Titus+2:14)
<sup>4</sup> [1 Pet. 1:18-19](/get-passage/1+Peter+1:18-19); [1 John 1:7-9](/get-passage/1+John+1:7-9); [2:2](/get-passage/1+John+2:2)
<sup>5</sup> [John 8:34-36](/get-passage/John+8:34-36); [Heb. 2:14-15](/get-passage/Hebrews+2:14-15); [1 John 3:1-11](/get-passage/1+John+3:1-11)
<sup>6</sup> [John 6:39-40](/get-passage/John+6:39-40); [10:27-30](/get-passage/John+10:27-30); [2 Thess. 3:3](/get-passage/2+Thessalonians+3:3); [1 Pet. 1:5](/get-passage/1+Peter+1:5)
<sup>7</sup> [Matt. 10:29-31](/get-passage/Matthew+10:29-31); [Luke 21:16-18](/get-passage/Luke+21:16-18)
<sup>8</sup> [Rom. 8:28](/get-passage/Romans+8:28)
<sup>9</sup> [Rom. 8:15-16](/get-passage/Romans+8:15-16); [2 Cor. 1:21-22](/get-passage/2+Corinthians+1:21-22); [5:5](/get-passage/2+Corinthians+5:5); [Eph. 1:13-14](/get-passage/Ephesians+1:13-14)
<sup>10</sup> [Rom. 8:1-17](/get-passage/Romans+8:1-17)