Exo 20:17 | TNotes | STEP | 20:17 This final principle circles back to the first, for “a greedy person is an idolater” (Col 3:5 ). Covetousness is the worship of this world, the belief that possessions, especially those my neighbor possesses, will give me lasting happiness. To believe this is to break one’s covenant of absolute loyalty to God, who alone supplies our needs. See also Rom 7:7 .

bCol 3:5►

cRom 7:7►

‏ Exodus 20:17

20:17 ^a This final principle circles back to the first, for “a greedy person is an idolater” (Col 3:5 ^b). Covetousness is the worship of this world, the belief that possessions, especially those my neighbor possesses, will give me lasting happiness. To believe this is to break one’s covenant of absolute loyalty to God, who alone supplies our needs. See also Rom 7:7 ^c.