Heidelberg Catechism, Question 106
Question 106
But this command seems only to speak of murder?
In forbidding murder, God teaches us, that he abhors the causes thereof: such as envy, hatred, anger, and desire of revenge; and that he accounts all these as murder (1 John 3;15).
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
1 John 3:1515Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
1 Peter 2:11Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
1 Corinthians 3:33for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
Colossians 3:88But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Galatians 5:19-2119The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Source and edition
Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879
Public Domain (historic text); CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikisource transcription). Source transcription.
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