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title: "Question 147: What are the duties required in the tenth commandment? | Westminster Larger Catechism"
description: "Westminster Larger Catechism, 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"
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source: "https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=145"
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# Question 147: What are the duties required in the tenth commandment? | Westminster Larger Catechism

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.

Scripture proofs: Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:6; Job 31:29; Rom. 12:15; Ps. 122:7-9; 1 Tim. 1:5; Esther 10:3; 1 Cor. 13:4-7.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=145)

## Related reading

- [Question 146](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-146-which-is-the-tenth-commandment/)
- [Question 148](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-148-what-are-the-sins-forbidden-in-the-tenth-commandment/)

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