Notes: SUM OF COMMANDMENT 10.
Notes: SUM OF COMMANDMENT 10.
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Concupiscence is a lust or an overwhelming desire to gratify ourselves, regardless of the object of our desire.
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For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” (Rom 7:7) For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, all are summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Rom 13:9)