Q.138. What does the seventh commandment require?

A. The seventh commandment requires us to be sexually pure in body, mind, inclinations,[1] words,[2] and actions,[3] and to maintain that purity in ourselves and others.[4] We are to monitor what we look at as well as what we experience with our other senses;[5] and we are to live temperately,[6] keeping pure company[7] and dressing modestly.[8] Those who cannot control their sexual desires should marry,[9] loving[10] and living together with their spouses.[11] We should also work hard at whatever we are called to do,[12] avoiding all opportunities for indecency, and resisting any temptation to say, think, or do anything indecent or obscene.[13]

1	1 Thessalonians 4:4-5	dummy text
	Job 31:1	dummy text
	1 Corinthians 7:34	dummy text
2	Colossians 4:6	dummy text
	Ephesians 4:29	dummy text
3	1 Peter 3:2	dummy text
4	1 Corinthians 7:2	dummy text
	1 Corinthians 7:35-36	dummy text
	Titus 2:4-5	dummy text
5	Job 31:1	dummy text
	Matthew 5:28	dummy text
6	Acts 24:24-25	dummy text
	Proverbs 23:31	dummy text
	Proverbs 23:33	dummy text
	Jeremiah 5:7	dummy text
7	Proverbs 2:16-20	dummy text
	1 Corinthians 5:9	dummy text
8	1 Timothy 2:9	dummy text
9	1 Corinthians 7:2	dummy text
	1 Corinthians 7:9	dummy text
10	Proverbs 5:18-20	dummy text
11	1 Peter 3:7	dummy text
	1 Corinthians 7:5	dummy text
12	Proverbs 31:11	dummy text
	Proverbs 31:27-28	dummy text
	1 Timothy 5:13-14	dummy text
13	Proverbs 5:8	dummy text
	Genesis 39:8-10	dummy text