Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Just resist sin), BWV 54, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the solo cantata for alto in Weimar between 1711 and 1714, and probably performed it on the seventh Sunday after Trinity, 15 July 1714. It is Bach's first extant church cantata for a solo voice.
| Original Name | Widerstehe doch der Sünde |
| Librettist | Georg Christian Lehms (1684–1717), from Gottgefälliges Kirchen-Opffer (1711) (partly revised in BWV 247) |
| Date of composition | 1714 in Weimar, Germany |
| First published | 1863 (BGA} |
| Dedicated to | 3rd Sunday in Lent (Oculi) |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | E-flat Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 54 |
| Instruments |
Voice
Strings Continuo |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Stand Steadfast against Transgression en mi bémol majeur, BWV 54 Johann Sebastian Bach: Stand Steadfast against Transgression in mi bemolle maggiore, BWV 54 Johann Sebastian Bach: Stand Steadfast against Transgression Es-dur, BWV 54 |