WSC 80
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q80. 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.
Proof texts
- Heb. 13:5 — [5] Keep 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 Tim. 6:6 — [6] But godliness with contentment is great gain,
- Job 31:29 — [29] “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
- Rom. 12:15 — [15] Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
- 1 Tim. 1:5 — [5] The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
- 1 Cor. 13:4-7 — [4] Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant [5] or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; [6] it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. [7] Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Heb. 13:5 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- 6 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
- WLC Q100 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- WLC Q147 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?