Heidelberg Catechism, Question 108
Question 108
What doth the seventh command teach us?
That all uncleaness is accursed of God, and that therefore we must, with all our hearts, detest the same (Eph. 5;3), and live chastely and temperately, whether in holy wedlock, or in single life (Heb. 13;4).
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
Ephesians 5:33But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
Jude 1:2222And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;
Jude 1:2323save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
Leviticus 20:1010If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
Hebrews 13:44Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
1 Thessalonians 4:33For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
1 Thessalonians 4:44each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
1 Corinthians 7:99But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Source and edition
Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879
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