Topic
Fornication
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honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.
flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin. — read the full passage →
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.
ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have--God;' — read the full passage →
but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.
`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'
Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --
No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .
and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;
And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →
Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.
and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →
for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →
`And when a man doth entice a virgin who <FI>is<Fi> not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; — read the full passage →
And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;
I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →
`But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;
for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;
neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;
yea they did not reform from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their whoredoms, nor from their thefts.
and without <FI>are<Fi> the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.
with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'
and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
`When a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then they have died even both of them, the man who is lying with the woman, also the woman; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of Israel.
`But I have against thee a few things: That thou dost suffer the woman Jezebel, who is calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead astray, my servants to commit whoredom, and idol-sacrifices to eat;
but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood;
`Thou dost not commit adultery.
lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.
have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →
for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.
And it hath come to pass, At the end of seventy years Jehovah inspecteth Tyre, And she hath repented of her gift, That she committed fornication With all kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground.
ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have--God;'
And dost go a-whoring unto sons of Egypt, Thy neighbours--great of appetite! And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms, To provoke Me to anger.
for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings: — read the full passage →
lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,
whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,
A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?
having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,
and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom,
to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'
`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →
He who committeth adultery <FI>with<Fi> a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife--who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour--the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.
because true and righteous <FI>are<Fi> His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;'
`And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.'
for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.
because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom have all the nations drunk, and the kings of the earth with her did commit whoredom, and merchants of the earth from the power of her revel were made rich.
Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! -- — read the full passage →
And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →
and I did give to her a time that she might reform from her whoredom, and she did not reform;
And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →
`When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her; — read the full passage →
have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →
And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication--she also.
and weep over her, and smite themselves for her, shall the kings of the earth, who with her did commit whoredom and did revel, when they may see the smoke of her burning,
for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,
And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan, — read the full passage →
And another messenger did follow, saying, `Fall, fall, did Babylon, the great city, because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom she hath given to all nations to drink.'
Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.
`And if this thing hath been truth--tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel-- — read the full passage →
`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.
for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →
In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →
`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.
`None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah. — read the full passage →
And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, `Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters, — read the full passage →
Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →
And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.
Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.
also, he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah, and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom, and compelleth Judah.
My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, — read the full passage →
`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →
Judas, of Jesus Christ a servant, and brother of James, to those sanctified in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ kept--called, — read the full passage →
for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;
And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them. — read the full passage →
Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →
`And to the messenger of the assembly of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who is having his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like to fine brass; — read the full passage →
which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body--not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh. — read the full passage →
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings. — read the full passage →
`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, --and all the people have said, Amen. — read the full passage →
and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
`The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she <FI>is<Fi> thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. — read the full passage →
`The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she <FI>is<Fi> thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. — read the full passage →
And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →
And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →
Wherefore, my beloved, flee from the idolatry; — read the full passage →
Therefore, lo, I am bringing in against thee strangers, The terrible of the nations, And they have drawn out their swords Against the beauty of thy wisdom, And they have pierced thy brightness. — read the full passage →
And thou dost multiply thy whoredoms On the land of Canaan--toward Chaldea, And even with this thou hast not been satisfied.
And thou dost put on gold and silver, And thy clothing <FI>is<Fi> fine linen, And figured silk and embroidery, Fine flour, and honey, and oil thou hast eaten, And thou art very very beautiful, And dost go prosperously to the kingdom. — read the full passage →
`When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it--fallen in a field--it is not known who hath smitten him, — read the full passage →
And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore <FI>art<Fi> thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?' — read the full passage →
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