What is required in the seventh commandment?

Which Bible passages support this answer?

The Westminster Assembly attached these Scripture proofs to answer 71. Read them together and ask what each one shows about the answer.

1. 1 Corinthians 7:2-3, 5, 34, 36

   ²But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband. ³A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband. ⁵Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ³⁴and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband. ³⁶If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry. (NET)

2. Colossians 4:6

   Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone. (NET)

3. 1 Peter 3:2

   when they see your pure and reverent conduct. (NET)

What does this answer mean?

The seventh commandment requires the preservation of our own and our neighbor's chastity in heart, speech and behavior. Chastity means purity. The commandment reaches our thoughts and words as well as our actions, and it asks us to protect the purity of others too.

What can we ask our children?

1. What does 'chastity' mean?
2. What three areas does the answer name?
3. How can we help others stay pure?