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First Commandment

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noun

  1. “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”: first of the Ten Commandments.


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Anyway, the First Commandment of plane eating is: Thou shalt not bring strong-smelling food on a plane.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2020

At this point things really start humming, but at this point must be enforced the First Commandment for whodunits: thou shalt not tell.

From Time Magazine Archive

For you see that the First Commandment, which says, "Thou shalt worship one God only," is fulfilled by faith alone.

From Concerning Christian Liberty by Luther, Martin

Thus in the Decalog itself, in the First Commandment Ex.

From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp

The First Commandment says you shall worship only the true God; the Second says you shall respect His holy name; and the Third says you shall worship Him on a certain day.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.

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