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More Than Just Adultery
Commentators unanimously agree this command covers more than its literal wording. Scholars like Calvin and Gill explain that by forbidding the specific sin of adultery, God is condemning all forms of sexual immorality. This includes fornication, lust, obscene words, and any sexual expression outside of the covenant of marriage.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 20:1–17
18th Century
Theologian
The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the Ten Commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; and Deuter…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 20:14
19th Century
Bishop
You shall not commit adultery. —Next to the duty of respecting a man’s life is placed that of respecting his domestic pea…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 20:12–14
19th Century
Preacher
These commandments take a far wider sweep than the mere words. Thou shalt not kill includes the doing of anything by which life may be sho…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 20:14
16th Century
Theologian
Although only one kind of impurity is specifically referred to, it is sufficiently clear from the principle laid down that believers are generally …
John Gill
On Exodus 20:14
17th Century
Pastor
Thou shall not commit adultery ,
] Which, strictly speaking, is only that sin which is committed with another man's wife, as J…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 20:12–17
17th Century
Minister
The laws of the Second Table, that is, the last six of the Ten Commandments, state our duty to ourselves and to one another, and explain the great …