“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
Matthew 5:27-28 KJV
one warns sinners of what not to do , the other leads to righteousness and creates a person who would never commit adultery because it teaches then to have a pure heart.
“Thou shalt not” is for this type of person who is ruled by lust
“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
Mark 7:21-23 KJV
To overcome sin we can’t follow a law to restrain sin we need to believe the truth that teaches us to overcome its root in our heart that way we don’t need to be told “ Thou shalt not commit adultery “ because it’s not in our heart to do it
we need to become new and think like Jesus taught and can’t remain in this group
“Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;”
1 Timothy 1:9-10 KJV
those are the type of folks you have to tell “ don’t kill or you’ll be put to death “ “ don’t lie “ “ don’t commit adultery “ we have to change on the inside so we don’t desire to kill , lie , cheat and steal ect once we do we no longer need to be taught “ don’t lie Cheat and steal “ the law can’t save us it’s not for us in Christ his word is