Question 108

What doth the seventh command teach us?

That all uncleanness is accursed of God:^a and that therefore we must with all our hearts detest the same,^b and live chastely and temperately,^c whether in holy wedlock or in a single life.^d

1. a. Leviticus 18:27

   Leviticus 18:27

   ^18:27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

   ^18:27 For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.

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2. b. Deuteronomy 29:20–23

   Deuteronomy 29:20–23

   ^29:20 The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. ^29:21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: ^29:22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it; ^29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

   ^29:20 The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven ^29:21 and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. ^29:22 Then the generation to come-your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land-will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it. ^29:23 All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

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3. 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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4. d. Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:4–9

   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 7:4–9

   ^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. ^7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. ^7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. ^7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. ^7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. ^7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

   ^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. ^7:5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control. ^7:6 I say this as a concession, not as a command. ^7:7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. ^7:8 Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am. ^7:9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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