# First Hevetic Confession
## Article 8 - Of Original Sin
This original sin so pervaded the whole human race, that by no means could the children of wrath and the enemies of God, be cured except by Christ. For if any good fruit survives here, constantly weakened by our sins, it turns for the worse. For the power of evil overcomes us, and does not permit us to pursue reason, nor to cultivate the godliness of our mind.

[Psalm 51](/get-passage/Psalms+51); [Romans 8](/get-passage/Romans+8); [Ephesians 2](/get-passage/Ephesians+2).
