Question 85

What is required in the tenth Commandment?

The tenth Commandment requireth the full Contentment with our own Condition, with a right and charitable frame of Spirit toward our Neighbor, and all that is his.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Hebrews 13:5
5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

1 Timothy 6:6
6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

Job 31:29
29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

Romans 12:15
15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

1 Timothy 1:5
5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Source and edition

Baptist Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

Unlicense. Source transcription.

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