149、弃绝淫行不能产生婚姻的贞洁，除非出于宗教信仰弃绝淫行。这是因为若无宗教信仰，人不会变得属灵，仍是属世的；即便属世人弃绝淫行，他的灵也不会弃绝它们。因此，尽管在他自己看来，他似乎因着弃绝而贞洁。而事实上，不贞洁仍潜伏在里面，就像仅表面治愈的伤口里的腐烂物。婚姻之爱取决于人里面教会的状态，这一点可参看前文（130节）。有关该主题的详细内容，可见于下文对第11个要点的解读。
149、只有根据宗教信仰的指导而拒绝淫乱关系才能带来婚姻中的贞节。这是因为没有宗教信仰的人不能获得精神性，而只能处于自然状态，自然人拒绝淫乱关系时，他在精神上却能并非如此，因此，尽管看上去他是贞节的，实际上却是非如此，非贞节因素藏在其中。
正中第130节中所说的，婚姻之爱取决于一个人身上教会的状态。关于这点在以下关于第（11）点章节中继续阐述。
149. The reason why the chastity of marriage cannot arise from the rejection of promiscuity, unless it is motivated by religion, is that without religion a person cannot become spiritual, but remains natural; and if a natural person rejects promiscuity, his spirit still does not reject it. Thus although it seems to him that his rejection makes him chaste, his unchastity still lurks within, like pus in a wound which has only healed on the surface. Conjugial love depends on what the state of the church is in a person; 130 above. More on this subject will be found in the discussion of point (xi) below.
149. Chastity in marriage does not come about through renunciation of licentious relationships unless this is done in accordance with religion. The reason is that a person without religion does not become spiritual, but remains natural. And if a natural person renounces licentious relationships, still his spirit does not renounce them. Consequently, even though it seems to him that by renouncing them he is chaste, nevertheless unchasteness still lies hidden within, like putrefaction in a wound only superficially healed.
As seen above in no. 130, conjugial love depends on the state of the church in a person. More on this subject may be seen in the exposition of point 11. which follows below.
149. The chastity of a marriage does not come from renouncing fornication unless it is done for religious reasons. This is because a person does not become spiritual without religion. He remains worldly. And if a worldly person renounces fornications, his spiritual level still does not renounce them. So it seems to him that he is chaste by renouncing them, but unchasteness still lies hidden within, just like infected tissue in a superficially healed wound.
(No. 130, above, shows that married love keeps pace with the religious condition of a person. Article II, below, has more on this subject.)
149. That the chastity of marriage does not exist by the renunciation of whoredoms unless this be done from religion, is because, without religion, a man does not become spiritual but remains natural, and even if his natural man renounces whoredoms, his spirit does not renounce them. Thus, though to himself it appears that by the renunciation he is chaste, nevertheless, unchastity lurks within, like corruption in a wound but superficially healed. That conjugial love is according to the state of the Church with man, may be seen above (no. 130). More on this subject may be seen in the exposition of article XI below.
149. The chastity of marriage does not come about through the renunciation of whoredom unless the renunciation is made for religion's sake, because without religion man does not become spiritual, but remains natural, and if the natural man renounces whoredoms, still his spirit does not do so; and thus though it seems to him that by the renunciation he is chaste, nevertheless unchastity still hides within, as matter in a wound only superficially healed. See above (130) that marital love is according to the state of the Church with man. More may be seen on this subject in the explanation of proposition xi following.
149. The reason why the chastity of marriage does not exist through the renunciation of scortations, unless this be done from religion, is that without religion a man does not become spiritual, but remains natural; and if the natural man renounces scortations, still his spirit does not renounce them. And thus, though it appear to him that he is chaste through the renunciation, nevertheless unchastity lurks within, like corruption in a wound but superficially healed.
That conjugial love is according to the state of the church with man, may be seen above, n. 130. More may be seen on this subject in the exposition of section 11 below.
149. Quod Castitas conjugii non existat per abdicationem scortationum, nisi haec fiat ex Religione, est quia homo absque religione non fit spiritualis, sed manet naturalis, et si naturalis homo abdicat scortationes, usque spiritus ejus non abdicat illas; et sic tametsi videtur sibi, quod per abdicationem sit castus, usque tamen incastitas latet intus sicut sanies in vulnere solum extrinsecus sanato. Quod Amor conjugialis sit secundum statum Ecclesiae apud hominem, videatur supra 130. Plura de hac re videantur in Expositione Articuli XI. sequentis.