Notes on the Ten Commandments

  1. "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Matthew 4:10; Acts 17:16; Romans 1:25; I Corinthians 8:4-6; Philippians 3:19; Colossians 2:18; Revelation 19:10; 22:9
  2. "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Acts 15:29; Romans 1:22-23; I Corinthians 6:9-10; 10:14; Ephesians 5:5; I John 5:21; Revelation 21:8; 22:15
  3. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Matthew 5:33-37; 23:16-22; James 5:12
  4. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
    • It is not repeated in the New Testament; instead, the New Testament states that it was replaced. Colossians 2:16-17
  5. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Matthew 15:4-9; Romans 1:30; Ephesians 6:1-3; Colossians 3:20
  6. "You shall not murder."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21-23; Romans 1:29; 13:9; I Timothy 1:9-10; James 2:11; I John 3:15
  7. "You shall not commit adultery."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Mark 7:21-23;10:11-12; Acts 15:20; Romans 2:22; 7:2-3; 13:9; I Corinthians 6:9-10; 7:5; Hebrews 13:4
  8. "You shall not steal."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21-23; Luke 3:13-14; Romans 13:9; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Ephesians 4:28; James 5:4
  9. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Matthew 15:19; Luke 3:14; Romans 1:29-30; 13:9; Ephesians 4:31;I Timothy 1:9-10; II Timothy 3:3; James 4:11
  10. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."
    • Repeated in the New Testament: Mark 7:21-23; Luke 12:15; Acts 20:33; Romans 1:29; 13:9; I Corinthians 6:9-10; Ephesians 5:3; Philippians 3:19; Colossians 3:5; Hebrews 13:5;
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