Refusing to Fight a Duel
Exodus 20:13
You shall not kill.


Colonel Gardiner, having received a challenge to fight a duel, made the following truly noble and Christian reply: I fear sinning, though you know, sir, I do not fear fighting"; thus showing his conviction of a fact too often forgotten, that the most impressive manifestation of courage is to "obey God rather than man.

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Parallel Verses
KJV: Thou shalt not kill.

WEB: "You shall not murder.




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