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2542 The Law entrusted to Israel never sufficed to justify those subject to it; it even became the instrument of "lust." ³³¹ The gap between wanting and doing points to the conflict between God's Law which is the "law of my mind," and another law "making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members." ³³²

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PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST

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SECTION TWO: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

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CHAPTER TWO: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF Jesus said to his disciples: "Love one another even as I have loved you." 1

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ARTICLE 10: THE TENTH COMMANDMENT You shall not covet ... anything that is your neighbor's.... You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant,, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's. 317 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 318

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331 Cf. Rom 7:7.

332 Rom 7:23; cf. 7:10.

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