The Baptist Catechism

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

    Question 80

    What is required in the tenth commandment?

    The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition,a with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.b

    What is required in the tenth commandment?

    The tenth commandment requires full contentment with our own condition,a with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.b

    1. a. Hebrews 13:5; 1 Timothy 6:6

      Hebrews 13:5

      13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

      13:5 Keep 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

      6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

      6:6 Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

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    2. b. Job 31:29; Romans 12:15; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7

      Job 31:29

      31:29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

      31:29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy's ruin, or exulted when evil befell him-

      Romans 12:15

      12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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

      1 Timothy 1:5

      1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

      1:5 The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

      1 Corinthians 13:4–7

      13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

      13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 13:5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 13:6 Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 13:7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 85

    What is required in the tenth commandment?

    The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his.

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 80

    What is required in the tenth commandment?

    The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 85

    What is required in the tenth commandment?

    The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 85

    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 toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized) (1647), Question 80

    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 toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 85

    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 toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

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    Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

    Question 147

    What are the duties required in the tenth commandment?

    The duties required in the tenth commandment are, such a full contentment with our own condition, and such a charitable frame of the whole soul toward our neighbor, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto, and further all that good which is his.

    Commentaries (9)

    • Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism

      What is required in the tenth Commandment? The tenth Commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our…

      Joseph Alleine’s text

    • Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions

      What is required in the tenth Commandment? The tenth Commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit towards our…

      Thomas Lye’s text

    • Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism

      What is required in the tenth Commandment? The tenth Commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of Spirit, toward our…

      Thomas Vincent’s text

    • 1675, An Explicatory Catechism

      What is required in the tenth Commandment? The tenth Commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit towards our…

      Its text

    • John Flavel, 1692, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism

      Which is the tenth Commandment? The tenth Commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours House, thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife, nor his Man-servant, nor his…

      John Flavel’s text

    • Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity

      EXOD. XX. 17. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbour’s House, thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife, &c. I am in the next place to resolve a Question, How we may do to cure this…

      Thomas Watson’s text

    • Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism

      What is requir’d in the Tenth Commandment? The Tenth Commandment requires a full Contentment with our own Condition, with a right and charitable Frame of Spirit towards our…

      Matthew Henry’s text

    • Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism

      A peculiar interest attaches to the tenth commandment, from the fact that it was the chief instrument employed by the Holy Ghost in the awakening and conversion of the Apostle…

      Alexander Whyte’s text

    • Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism

      On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 85, which adapts this question

      Have wicked men a civil property in their goods? Yes. Was it not thine own? Is the good man’s condition settled by God? Yes. He performeth the thing that is appointed for me,…

      Benjamin Beddome’s text