Westminster Shorter Catechism

Question 71

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What is required in the seventh commandment?

The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbour’s chastity, in heart, speech, and behavior.^a

Proofs

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

a1 Corinthians 7:2–3; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Corinthians 7:34; 1 Corinthians 7:36; Colossians 4:6; 1 Peter 3:2

Commentary

An Explicatory Catechism (1675), on this question
John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on Q. 70–72
Thomas Vincent, An Explicatory Catechism (1673), on this question
Joseph Alleine, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism (1672), on this question
Thomas Lye, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions (1672), on this question
Alexander Whyte, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), on Q. 70–72
Matthew Henry, A Scripture Catechism (1703), on this question
Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity (1692), on Q. 70–72

Related texts

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

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