Question 86

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What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate,^a envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour,^b and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.^c

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

a1 Kings 21:4; Esther 5:13; 1 Corinthians 10:10
bGalatians 5:26; James 3:14,16
cRomans 7:7–8, 13:9; Deuteronomy 5:21

Commentary

Benjamin Beddome, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism (1752), on this question

Related texts

The Baptist Catechism (modernized, 1695) Q. 86
Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 148
Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 81

Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism

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The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 86, symbolics.dev/bc1695/86

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