27问：堕落给人类带来什么痛苦？

答：堕落令人类断送了与上帝之间的交通（创3:8，10，24），招致上帝的不悦和咒诅；使我们在本性上成为可怒之子（弗2:2－3）、撒但之奴（提后2:26），该面对今生及永世一切的惩罚（创2:17；哀3:39；罗6:23；太25:41，46；犹7）。

Question 27: What misery did the fall bring upon mankind?

Answer: The fall brought upon mankind the loss of communion with God, his displeasure and curse; so as we are by nature children of wrath, bond slaves to Satan, and justly liable to all punishments in this world, and that which is to come.

28问：罪所带来今生的惩罚是什么？

答：罪所带来今生的惩罚，内在方面，包括心思昏暗（弗4:18）、心灵邪僻（罗1:28）、心理（理性）错乱（帖后2:11）、心态刚硬（罗2:5）、心境不安（良心恐惧）（赛33:14；创4:13；太27:4）、心念败坏（罗1:26）；外在方面，万物因我们的缘故受了上帝的咒诅（创3:17），各样痛苦也必临到我们的肉身、名誉、产业、关系、工作（申28:15－18），而至终我们也都必以死亡为归结（罗5:12；6:23）。

Question 28: What are the punishments of sin in this world?

Answer: The punishments of sin in this world are either inward, as blindness of mind, a reprobate sense, strong delusions, hardness of heart, horror of conscience, and vile affections; or outward, as the curse of God upon the creatures for our sakes, and all other evils that befall us in our bodies,names, estates, relations, and employments; together with death itself.

29问：罪所带来永世的惩罚是什么？

答：罪所带来永世的惩罚就是永远与上帝美善的同在隔绝，灵魂和身体永远在地狱的烈火中遭受极其痛苦、没有间断的煎熬（帖后1:9；可9:43-44，46，48；路16:24）。

Question 29: What are the punishments of sin in the world to come?

Answer: The punishments of sin in the world to come, are everlasting separation from the comfortable presence of God, and most grievous torments in soul and body, without intermission, in hell fire forever.