Lord’s Day 21: The Seventh Commandment

75: Which is the seventh commandment? 

The seventh commandment is, You shall not commit adultery. 

(Ex. 20:14)

76: What is required in the seventh commandment? 

The seventh commandment requires the preservation of our own and our neighbors chastity, in heart, speech, and behavior. 

(1 Cor. 7:2, 3, 5, 34, 36; Col. 4:6; 1 Pet. 3:2)

77: What is forbidden in the seventh commandment? 

The seventh commandment forbids all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions. 

(Mt. 15:19, 5:28; Eph. 5:3, 4)