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title: "Question 138: What are the duties required in the seventh commandment? | Westminster Larger Catechism"
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# Question 138: What are the duties required in the seventh commandment? | Westminster Larger Catechism

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 all our callings; shunning all occasions of uncleanness, and resisting temptations thereunto.

Scripture proofs: 1 Thess. 4:4; Job 31:1; 1 Cor. 7:34; Col. 4:6; 1 Pet. 3:2; 1 Cor. 7:2, 35-36; Job 31:1; Acts 24:24-25; Prov. 2:16-20; 1 Tim. 2:9; 1 Cor. 7:2, 9; Prov. 5:19-20; 1 Pet. 3:7; Prov. 31:11, 27-28; Prov. 5:8; Gen. 39:8-10.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=142)

## Related reading

- [Question 137](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-137-which-is-the-seventh-commandment/)
- [Question 139](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-139-what-are-the-sins-forbidden-in-the-seventh-commandment/)

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