Unmarried Sex

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — 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 →

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.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — 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. — read the full passage →

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: — 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.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. — read the full passage →

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.

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 →

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 →

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.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: — read the full passage →

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 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.

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 →

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — 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 fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

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.

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: — read the full passage →

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. — read the full passage →

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. — 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.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — 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.

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,

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. — 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.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

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 →

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

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 →

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

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

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

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