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Sexual Sin
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Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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 →
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
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 mankind, — read the full passage →
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →
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 mankind, — read the full passage →
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. — read the full passage →
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
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 mankind,
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: — read the full passage →
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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 fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; — read the full passage →
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. — read the full passage →
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. — read the full passage →
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. — read the full passage →
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →
And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. — read the full passage →
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: — read the full passage →
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. — read the full passage →
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: — read the full passage →
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. — read the full passage →
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. — read the full passage →
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. — read the full passage →
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. — read the full passage →
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. — read the full passage →
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, — read the full passage →
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; — read the full passage →
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