Question 86

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)

⁵Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

1 Timothy 6:6 (ESV)

⁶But godliness with contentment is great gain,

Romans 12:15 (ESV)

¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (ESV)

⁴Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant ⁵or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ⁶it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. ⁷Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Leviticus 19:18 (ESV)

¹⁸You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

Traditional Formulation

Question: What is required in the tenth commandment?

Answer: 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.

Adaptation Commentary

No Change.