1. To Believe in the One True G-d -
     To refrain from any idolatrous activities
    (ch'ristinaity and is'lam being the main ones)

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• Idolatry is the deification or worship of any object, creature, person or created power anything other than the One True G-d of Israel who revelated himself on Mount Sinai to 2.4 Million Jews

• This Commandment requires: Believe and trust in G-d as the Creator and the unlimited, only G-d

• This commandment includes the belief in G-d - that He is the Creator of the physical and spiritual worlds.He constantly creates everything anew, judges our deeds, and guides everything by His Providence.The very essence of human spiritual life is to recognize and believe in the Supreme Being, the Creator of the universe, accepting His commandments with awe and love. In Exodus 20:3-4

• v3: You shall not have the gods of others in My Presence.

• v4: You shall not make for yourself a graven image or any likeness which is in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the water beneath the earth.

• Any act of idolatry forbidden to Jews as a capital sin is forbidden by this Noahide commandment.

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2. To Respect His Holy Name 
      Prohibition of Cursing G-d

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• Euphemism: “Blessing” the Divine Name - a severe curse against G-d

• Prohibition against: Blaspheming the Tetragrammaton (G-d’s special Name)

• Commandment requires: Respect and praise for G-d and His holy Names

• This commandment forbids cursing G-d’s Name (G-d forbid). Trust and loyalty are crucial in life. G-d is just, but humans can’t comprehend our Creator, Who is infinite. One shouldn’t extend his “freedom of speech” to the extreme of blasphemy. Don’t speak against the One Who gave you speech!

• Source: Leviticus 24:15

• “ANY man (Jew or Gentile) who blasphemes G-d’s Name shall bear his sin.”

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3.  To Respect Human Life 
Prohibition against Murder

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• Commandment requires: Respect the sanctity of human life.

• This commandment includes prohibition of murder, abortion (except to save the mother’s life), euthanasia and suicide (Genesis 9:6). This edict protects us from the extremes of selfishness and the violent tendencies that may lie within.Source: Genesis 9:6

• "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of G-d has G-d made man.”

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4. To Respect Family Unity  
Prohibition of Forbidden Sexual Relations

 

• Prohibition against: Sexual transgressions. These have six degrees of capital sins: relations between a man and his father’s wife, his mother, his maternal sister, another man, another man’s wife, and between a person and an animal. (Genesis 2:24)

• Commandment requires: Respect the traditional institution of marriage and family, because G-d defined marriage.

• The Noahide Code also encompasses several other degrees of sexual transgressions.  Wholesome families are a basis of healthy communities, nations and societies. Sexual transgressions lead to inner spiritual decay.Source: Genesis 2:24

• “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” [includes six forbidden relations]

 

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5. To Respect Others Property 
      Prohibition of Theft

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• Prohibition against: robbing, stealing or embezzling
  (includes kidnapping and rape)

• Commandment requires: respect the rights and property of others.

• This commandment prohibits stealing money or goods, including from an employer or employee. Our sustenance comes from G-d, and we should seek to earn it with honesty and dignity, not through deceit.

• As it is stated in Genesis 2:17:

• “But of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil - you shall not eat from it, for on the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely die.”

• People are not to take from the property of others when they don’t have permission.

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6. To Respect All Living Creatures
Prohibition of Eating Meat Taken From a Living Animal

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• Prohibition against: eating any meat that was severed or torn from a living land mammal or bird.

• Commandment requires: respect all creatures and avoid cruelty

• The Torah also prohibits cruelty to animals. Humans have dominion over the Earth, but we are also its caretakers. Although we may make use of animals, we must not cause them undue suffering without an overriding human need. The basic commandment prohibits eating meat taken from an animal while its heart was still beating. (Genesis 9:3-4)Source: Genesis 9:4

• v4. “But, flesh with its soul - its blood - you shall not eat.”

 

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7. To Establish Courts of Justice 

      Establish Courts of Law

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• Prohibits: societies with no legal system, or breaching rules of legal process.

• Commandment requires: establish a just legal system, and pursue justice.

• A Gentile society is obligated to create a system of just laws and courts, encompassing all the 7 laws. A fair and effective legal system creates a society worthy of G-d’s blessings. It brings G-d’s ideals for our personal life into a formal order for society, and completes the other six laws. True justice is the foundation of world peace. 
  In Genesis 9:6

• “Whoever sheds the blood of man, among man, his blood shall be shed…” This refers to the commandment to judge and punish a murderer.

• The Sages explained: “Whoever sheds the blood of man” (referring to the murderer), “among man” (he is to be prosecuted in court by a man who is qualified to testify), “his blood shall be shed” (as capital punishment by the court). Gentiles are also obligated to bring to justice those who transgress the other Noahide Laws.