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commandment
Gebot
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com·mand·ment [kəˈmɑ:n(d)mənt, Am -ˈmæn(d)-] N
1. commandment REL (divine rule):
Gebot nt <-(e)s, -e>
2. commandment liter (order):
commandment
Gebot nt <-(e)s, -e>
commandment
Weisung f <-, -en>
to obey a commandment
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This commandment is viewed to forbid the taking or keeping of a neighbors goods and demanding respect for the right to private property.
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The oldest piece which the library possesses in this particular collection is a copy of the 10 commandments written on papyrus.
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Thus, "mitzvot" (commandments) have been replaced with folkways, non-binding customs that can be democratically accepted or rejected by the congregations.
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The first five of the ten commandments are religious while the second five are civil.
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Prayer, sacrifice, promises, and vows are also seen as essential duties required by observance of the first commandment.
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This is why through the propehetic word today Christ again reveals the Kingdom of God, whose basis is the Ten Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount and the Lord's Prayer.
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Deshalb offenbart Christus durch das Prophetische Wort heute erneut das Reich Gottes, dessen Grundlage die Zehn Gebote Gottes, die Bergpredigt und das Vaterunser sind.
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The guidelines for an Original Christian life are the Ten Commandments of God and the Sermon on the Mount of Jesus of Nazareth, which we – as opposed to the churches – do not consider utopian, but rather practical instructions on how we should lead our daily life.
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Richtschnur eines urchristlichen Lebens sind die Zehn Gebote Gottes und die Bergpredigt des Jesus von Nazareth, die wir – im Gegensatz zu den Kirchen – nicht für eine Utopie, sondern für eine praktische Handlungsanleitung für unser tägliches Leben halten.
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We believe that only the active faith – that is, the fulfillment of the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount – enables us to become one with Christ.
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Wir glauben, daß ausschließlich der aktive Glaube, das heißt, die Erfüllung der Zehn Gebote und der Bergpredigt, uns mit Christus eins werden läßt.
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This also applies to the Ten Commandments of God through Moses.
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Das gilt auch für die Zehn Gebote Gottes durch Mose.
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Because of some aspects of the samples of European languages, which consist for the main part of the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed and Lutheran Hymns, the manuscript most probably originates from historical Hungary.
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Aufgrund der enthaltenen europäischen Sprachproben, bei denen es sich zum Großteil um die Zehn Gebote, das Vater Unser, das apostolische Glaubensbekenntnis und um lutherische Kirchenlieder handelt, kommt als Entstehungsgebiet des Manuskripts oder Heimat des Kompilators am ehesten das historische Ungarn in Frage.
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