Catechism for Young Children · Question 75 of 145
What do the last six commandments teach?
A.Our duty to our fellow-men.
What does this answer mean?
The last six commandments teach our duty to our fellow men: honoring parents, protecting life, keeping marriage pure, respecting property, telling the truth, and being content. Love for our neighbor follows from love for God. Jesus summed these up as loving our neighbor as ourselves.
What can we ask our children?
- What do the last six commandments teach?
- Who are our 'fellow men'?
- Which of the last six is hardest for you?
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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).
Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.