六十七、第七条诫命
137问:第七诫命是什么?
答:第七诫命是,“不可奸淫”(出20:14) 。
Q. 137. Which is the seventh commandment?
A. The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
138问:在第七条诫命中,命令什么责任?
答:在第七条诫命中,命令我们:
- 在身体、意念、感情(帖前4:4;伯31:1;林前77:34)、言语(西4:6)和行为上(彼前2:3),都要贞洁;
- 保守我们自身和他人的贞洁(林前7:2,35-36);
- 谨守我们的眼睛和其他所有感官(伯31:1);
- 自我克制(徒24:24-25);
- 与贞洁的人为伴(箴2:16-20);
- 以正派衣裳为妆饰(提前2:9);
- 那些没有节制恩赐的人就当结婚(林前7:2,9);
- 夫妻相爱(箴5:19-20),彼此同住(彼前3:7);
- 在自己的呼召中要勤勉(箴31:11,27-28);
- 抵挡诱惑,避免各种不洁的场合(箴5:8;创39:8-10)。
Q. 138. What are the duties required in the seventh commandment?
A. The duties required in the seventh commandment are, chastity in body, mind, affections, words, and behavior; and the preservation of it in ourselves and others; watchfulness over the eyes and all the senses; temperance, keeping of chaste company, modesty in apparel; marriage by those that have not the gift of continency, conjugal love, and cohabitation; diligent labor in our callings; shunning all occasions of uncleanness, and resisting temptations thereunto.
139问:在第七诫命中,禁止什么罪?
答:在第七条诫命中禁止的罪,除了忽略当尽的责任之外(箴5:7),还有:
- 婚后的奸淫、婚前的秽行(来13:4;加5:19);
- 强奸、乱伦(撒下13:14;林前5:1);
- 同性恋,以及所有违反天性的色欲(罗1:24,26-27;利20:15-16);
- 各种不洁的想象、思想、意图和感情(太5:28;15:19;西3:5);
- 所有败坏的、肮脏的话语,连听都不要听(弗5:3-4;箴7:5,21-22);
- 淫荡的眼色(赛3:16;彼后2:14);
- 轻浮的举止,不正派的服饰(箴7:10,13);
- 禁止合法的嫁娶(提前4:3);
- 施行不合法的婚姻(利18:1-21;可6:18;玛2:11-22);
- 允许、宽容、开办妓院,到妓院游玩(王上15:12;王下23:7;申23:17-18;利19:29;耶5:7;箴7:24-27);
- 任意以独身的誓言缠累自己(太19:10-11);
- 不合理地延迟结婚(林前7:7-9;创38:26);
- 多妻或多夫(玛2:14-15;太19:5);
- 不公义的离婚(玛2:16;太5:32),或离弃(林前7:12-13);
- 懒惰、贪食、醉酒(结16:49;箴23:30-33);
- 与淫荡的人为伴(创39:10;箴5:8);
- 黄色歌曲、书籍、图片、舞蹈、戏剧(弗5:4;结23:14-17;赛23:15-17;3:16;可6:22;罗13:13;彼前4:3);
- 以及其他一切导致我们自身和他人不洁的刺激或行动(王下9:30;耶4:30;结23:40)。
Q. 139. What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment?
A. The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, adultery, fornication, rape, incest, sodomy, and all unnatural lusts; all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affections; all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening thereunto; wanton looks, impudent or light behavior, immodest apparel; prohibiting of lawful, and dispensing with unlawful marriages; allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them; entangling vows of single life, undue delay of marriage; having more wives or husbands than one at the same time; unjust divorce, or desertion; idleness, gluttony, drunkenness, unchaste company; lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays; and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness, either in ourselves or others.
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