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Prepared by Spencer D Gear PhD
The Ten Commandments:The Old Covenant |
New Testament Teaching:The New Covenant |
| 1. ‘You shall have no other gods before me’ (Ex 20:3) | 1. ‘‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’ ‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: “Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mk 12:28b-30). |
| 2. ‘You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them’ (Ex 20:4-5). | 2. ‘Dear children, keep yourselves from idols’ (1 John 5:21). |
| 3. ‘You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name’ (Ex 20:7). | 3. ‘But you have dishonoured the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?’ (James 2:6-7) |
| 4. ‘Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy’ (Ex 20:8). | 4. ‘On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight’ (Acts 20:7). |
| 5. ‘Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you’ (Ex 20:12). | 5. ‘Honour your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbour as yourself’ (Matt 19:19). |
| 6. ‘You shall not murder’ (Ex 20:13). | 6. Jesus said, ‘You know the commandments: “You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honour your father and mother” (Mk 10:19). |
| 7. ‘You shall not commit adultery’ (Ex 20:14). | 7. See #6. |
| 8. ‘You shall not steal’ (Ex 20:15). | 8. See #6. |
| 9. ‘You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour’ (Ex 20:16). | 9. See #6. |
| 10. ‘You shall not covet….’ (Ex 20:17). | 10. ‘For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience’ (Eph 5:5-6 ESV). |
Notes
[1] Unless otherwise stated, all Bible citations are from the New International Version.
Copyright © 2020 Spencer D. Gear. This document last updated at Date: 02 April 2020.
