Article 6. The Sixth Commandment

You shall not commit adultery.1

You have heard that it was said, “You shall not commit adultery.” But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.2

Subsections

I. "Male and Female He Created Them…"

II. The Vocation to Chastity

III. The Love of Husband and Wife

IV. Offenses Against the Dignity of Marriage

In Brief

Footnotes

Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18.
Mt 5:27-28.