Sentence examples for commandment in order from inspiring English sources

My beef has been not with restraint but with that peculiar notion of legalism, which squeezes the moral juice out of any commandment in order to gnaw instead on a dry husk.

Paul's position on the subject of what is and is not morally permissible was based upon exactly the same principle that Jesus said must be used to determine what commandments to follow in order to attain salvation.

Nor do we need a commandment from on high in order to seek a meal.

Mayi-Mayi have strict laws, or commandments, that must be followed in order for the tattoos to work.

Their goal is to engage everyone, adults and children, in order to fulfill the commandment of experiencing the Exodus in their own lives.

Jewish law holds that one should not seriously endanger one's health in order to fulfil a commandment.

Jews place the lit menorah in a prominent window in order to fulfill this commandment.

The comprehensibility of his doctrines is seen in the five commandments he formulated for the people to follow in order to achieve enlightenment (nirvana).

He said: "Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shalt not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality.

"Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shalt not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality.

The great Jewish thinker Maimonides observed that an anonymous gift is "a commandment fulfilled for its own sake," rather than done in order to obtain honor.