HenryWSC 71

Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary on Question 71

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Is it our duty to keep our bodies pure from all fleshly lusts? Yes: we must possess our vessel in sanctification and honour, and not in the lust of concupiscence,
1 Thess. 4:4
. Are we to present our bodies to God? Yes: Present your bodies unto God a living sacrifice,
Rom. 12:1
. Are we to glorify him with them? Yes: Glorify God with your bodies,
1 Cor. 6:20
. Are we to use them for him? Yes: For your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you,
1 Cor. 6:19
. And to employ them in his service? Yes: Yield your members as instruments of righteousness unto God,
Rom. 6:13
. May they then be used in the service of our lusts? No: for if any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy,
1 Cor. 3:17
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Ought we to preserve our chastity in heart? Yes: that we may be holy both in body and spirit,
1 Cor. 7:34
. And must we keep out all unclean thoughts and desires? Yes: we must flee youthful lusts,
2 Tim. 2:22
. And is that the way to prevent the acts of uncleanness? Yes: for when lust hath conceived, it brings forth sin,
James 1:15
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Ought we to preserve our chastity in speech? Yes: Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt,
Col. 4:6
. Is it the character of good people to be modest? Yes: I will turn to the people a pure language,
Zeph. 3:9
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Ought we to preserve our chastity in behaviour? Yes: we must have a chaste conversation coupled with fear,
1 Pet. 3:2
. And in our clothing? Yes: Women must adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety,
1 Tim. 2:9
. Must we abstain from all appearances of uncleanness? Yes: hating even the garment spotted with the flesh,
Jude 23
. And from all approaches to it? Yes: Come not nigh the door of her house,
Prov. 5:8
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Must we resolve against wanton looks? Yes: I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then, should I think upon a maid?
Job 31:1
. Must we always keep our bodies in soberness and chastity? Yes: we must cleanse ourselves from all filthiness both of flesh and spirit,
2 Cor. 7:1
. And must we crucify all the lusts of the flesh? Yes: They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh,
Gal. 5:24
. Must the body be subdued? Yes: I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection,
1 Cor. 9:27
. And must its sinful desires be denied? Yes: If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee,
Matt. 5:29
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