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No Sex Before Marriage

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Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

1 Corinthians 7:1–40

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Exodus 22:16

“If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

Ephesians 5:5

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

1 Corinthians 6:18–20

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Thessalonians 4:1–18

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:1–33

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

Mark 10:6–9

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Jude 1:7

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Exodus 22:16–17

“If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:27–28

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:1–25

If then you 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 →

2 Corinthians 12:21

that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.

Exodus 20:14

“You shall not commit adultery.

Ephesians 4:22

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

Acts 15:20

but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.

Galatians 5:19–21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Leviticus 18:1–30

Yahweh said to Moses, — read the full passage →

Leviticus 20:10

“‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Matthew 5:32

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Genesis 2:1–25

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:4–6

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Titus 2:11–12

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Revelation 14:4

These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

1 Corinthians 6:1–20

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 →

Deuteronomy 22:13–21

If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, hates her, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

Romans 7:2

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

Deuteronomy 25:5–6

If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her. — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

1 Corinthians 6:9

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

1 Corinthians 7:3

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

Genesis 1:1–31

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:9

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”

1 Corinthians 7:1–2

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Luke 1:37

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Matthew 5:28

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

Proverbs 5:19

A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

Colossians 2:1–23

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:5

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Matthew 19:1–30

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →

Colossians 1:1–29

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:4–7

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Leviticus 15:18

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Genesis 1:27

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

2 Peter 1:1–3:18

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

1 Thessalonians 4:3–5

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, — read the full passage →

Colossians 4:1–18

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 28:13–30:17

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 22:1–30

You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely bring them again to your brother. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 20:14

“‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.

Jude 1:1–25

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

1 John 3:1–5:21

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:8–9

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:1

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Acts 15:1–41

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 9:1–18

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 is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them. — read the full passage →

2 Kings 9:1–37

Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Revelation 2:1–3:22

“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things: — read the full passage →

1 Peter 1:1–2:25

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 3:1–5:25

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Ephesians 5:1–6:24

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:1–6:18

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 10:8–12:3

Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:13

“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Romans 8:1–9:33

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Acts 13:33–14:22

that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’ — read the full passage →

John 6:63

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Matthew 5:8–32

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. — read the full passage →

Malachi 1:1–2:17

An oracle: Yahweh’s word to Israel by Malachi. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 44:22

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

Ezekiel 32:14–33:27

Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 28:1–29:21

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 16:1–17:24

Again Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 35:1–36:32

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 33:12–34:17

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 2:1–3:11

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Lover — read the full passage →

Proverbs 18:12–19:23

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 14:14–19

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 12:12–13:21

The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 5:18–19

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. — read the full passage →

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