Q. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?
Question. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?
Answer. The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.
Proofs.
- [a] I Cor. 10:10; Jas. 3:14-16
- [b] Gal. 5:26; Col. 3:5
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Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 81, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: 1CO.10.10, COL.3.5, GAL.5.26, JAS.3.14-JAS.3.16
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