Question 86

What is required in the tenth commandment?

The tenth commandment requires full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit towards 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.

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

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.

Leviticus 19:18
18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Source and edition

Keach's Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

Unlicense. Source transcription.

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