第41个主日 第三部分 十诫
第一百零八问
Q. What does the seventh commandment teach us?
第七条诫命是如何教导我们的？
A. That God condemns all unchastity, [1] and that therefore we should thoroughly detest it [2] and live decent and chaste lives, [3] within or outside of the holy state of marriage.
神定任何的不贞为有罪[1]， 并因此我们要彻底憎恶这事[2]并过正派而贞洁的生活[3]， 无论是在神圣的婚姻内外。
- Lev. 18:30; Eph. 5:3-5
- Jude 22-23
- 1 Cor. 7:1-9; 1 Thess. 4:3-8; Heb. 13:4
第一百零九问
Q. Does God, in this commandment, forbid only such scandalous sins as adultery?
神在这条诫命里只是禁止了淫乱之类的骇人听闻的罪吗？
A. We are temples of the Holy Spirit, body and soul, and God wants both to be kept clean and holy. That is why God forbids all unchaste actions, looks, talk, thoughts, or desires, [1] and whatever may incite someone to them. [2]
我们是圣灵所居住的殿，无论身体还是灵魂，神都愿我们保持圣洁， 这就是为何神禁止任何不贞的行为、观看、谈论、思想以及欲望[1]， 以及一切会激起此事的事物[2]。
- Matt. 5:27-29; 1 Cor. 6:18-20; Eph. 5:3-4
- 1 Cor. 15:33; Eph. 5:18