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1st commandment
It requires us to know and recognize God as the only true God and our God, and to worship and glorify him accordingly.
It forbids denying God or not worshipping God and glorifying him as the true God and our God. It also forbids giving worship and glory which he alone deservers to anyone or anything else.
2nd commandment
It requires us to receive, respectfully perform, and preserve completely and purely all the regulations for religion and worship that God has established in his word.
It forbids our worshipping God with images or in any other way not established by his word.
5th commandment
It requires us to respect and treat others, whether above, below, or equal to us, as their position or our relationship to them demands.
It forbids being disrespectful to or not treating others as their position or relationship to us demands.
7th commandment
It requires us and everyone else to keep sexually pure in heart, speech and action.
It forbids thinking, saying or doing anything sexually impure.
10th commandment
It requires us to be completely satisfied with our own status in life and to have a proper, loving attitude toward others and their possessions.
It forbids any dissatisfaction with what belongs to us, envy or grief at the success of others, and all improper desire for anything that belongs to someone else.