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No Sex Before Marriage
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Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more. — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. — read the full passage →
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →
But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.
Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, — read the full passage →
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. — read the full passage →
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
For no word from God shall be void of power.
but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
Asa loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and the Saviour Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →
For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; — read the full passage →
Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →
He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy. — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother. — read the full passage →
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. — read the full passage →
And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. — read the full passage →
And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →
Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. — read the full passage →
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →
that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. — read the full passage →
It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. — read the full passage →
The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi. — read the full passage →
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah. — read the full passage →
The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →
Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →
The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, — read the full passage →
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. — read the full passage →
I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. — read the full passage →
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honorgoethhumility. — read the full passage →
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself. — read the full passage →
The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. — read the full passage →
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →
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