WLC 138: What are the duties required in the Seventh Commandment?

Answer: The duties required in the Seventh Commandment are, chastity in body, mind, affections1, words2, and behavior3; and the preservation of it in ourselves and others4; watchfulness over the eyes and all the senses5; temperance6, keeping of chaste company7, modesty in apparel8; marriage by those that have not the gift of continency9, conjugal love10, and cohabitation11; diligent labor in our callings12; shunning all occasions of uncleanness, and resisting temptations thereunto.13

  1. 1 Th 4:4; Job 31:1; 1 Cor 7:34;
  2. Col 4:6;
  3. 1 Pet 3:2;
  4. 1 Cor 7:2, 35–36;
  5. Job 31:1;
  6. Acts 24:24–25;
  7. Prov 2:16–20;
  8. 1 Tim 2:9;
  9. 1 Cor 7:2, 9;
  10. Prov 5:19–20;
  11. 1 Pet 3:7;
  12. Prov 31:11, 27–28;
  13. Prov 5:8; Gen 39:8–10

 

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