Question 127
Section 5: The third Part is of Man’s Thankfulness
What is the meaning of the seventh Commandment?
That God hatha in Execration all Turpitude and Filthiness, and therefore we alsob must utterly hate, and detest it, and contrary-wife, live temperately, modestly, andc chastly, whether wed live in holy Wedlock, or in single life.
What is the meaning of the seventh Commandment?
That God hasa in Execration all Turpitude and Filthiness, and therefore we alsob must utterly hate, and detest it, and contrary-wife, live temperately, modestly, andc chastly, whether wed live in holy Wedlock, or in single life.
a. Leviticus 18:27–28
Leviticus 18:27–28
18:27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
18:27 For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled. 18:28 So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
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b. Jude 22,23
Jude 1:22; Jude 1:23
1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
1:22 And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt; 1:23 save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
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c. 1 Thessalonians 4:3–4
1 Thessalonians 4:3–4
4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
4:3 For it is God's will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; 4:4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
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d. Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:4
Hebrews 13:4
13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
1 Corinthians 7:4
7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
7:4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
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