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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: meaning, that it is commanded, first, that we do not desire our
neighbor's damage, nor even assist, nor give occasion for it, but
gladly wish and leave him what he has, and, besides, advance and
preserve for him what may be for his profit and service, as we should
wish to be treated. Thus these commandments are especially directed
against envy and miserable avarice, God wishing to remove all causes
and sources whence arises everything by which we do injury to our
neighbor, and therefore He expresses it in plain words: Thou shalt not
covet, etc. For He would especially have the heart pure, although we
shall never attain to that as long as we live here; so that this
commandment will remain, like all the rest, one that will constantly
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