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Sex before marriage
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Chances are, you have been taught that sex before marriage is sinful. You may have even read in the Bible where it tells you to
flee from fornication and that fornicators will not enter the kingdom of heaven. I used to believe that sex before marriage was
sinful as well. However, I never quite understood why it would be sinful. I could understand why we should not break the Ten
Commandments, because most of them caused pain in other peoples lives. To steal from someone, to murder, to commit
adultery with your neighbors wife. I could understand why these things would be wrong. But why would sex between two single
people be sinful? So I thought and prayed about it. Soon after that, God showed me the truth on this matter.
One of the main causes of every false doctrine is inaccurate translation of words. The English Bibles are very different than the
original Hebrew and Greek. In order to correctly translate a word, we must study scripture to make sure the word makes sense in
every use and that there are no contradictions.
Jesus said in Matthew 19:9, “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 married woman cannot possibly commit fornication, because she, being already married, would be committing adultery. So,
the word translated as, fornication, must have a different meaning. The word, fornication, was translated from the Greek word,
porneia, which was defined as breaking one of the laws on sex given in Leviticus. You will not find sex before marriage being
condemned anywhere in the laws in Leviticus. In fact, nowhere in the entire Bible is sex before marriage condemned by God,
only by man.
Leviticus 18:6-26 is where the laws on sex are given.
The laws God gave concerning sex were such things like, not having sex with another man’s wife. Not having sex with your
mother or sister, or cousins. Not having sex with an animal. These things were called porneia, or considered to be sexual
immorality. This makes what Jesus said in Matthew understandable. If a man puts away his wife, except it be for sexual
immorality, and marries another, he commits adultery.
1 Corinthian 5:1 “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.”
Paul said that such fornication, or this kind of fornication has not even been done by the Gentiles. There were many Leviticus
laws on sex, and the one Paul said was not even done by the Gentiles was a man having sex with his father’s wife. This sin can
be called adultery or sexual immorality, but it cannot be called fornication.
So, every time the Bible talks about fornication, it is talking about sexual immorality, not sex before marriage. It is religion that
says, “If it feels good, then it is of the devil.” Religion is not love, it is doctrines and rules made up by self-righteous hypocrites.
Are you not convinced? Check back soon and I will go into the Old Testament on this subject.
flee from fornication and that fornicators will not enter the kingdom of heaven. I used to believe that sex before marriage was
sinful as well. However, I never quite understood why it would be sinful. I could understand why we should not break the Ten
Commandments, because most of them caused pain in other peoples lives. To steal from someone, to murder, to commit
adultery with your neighbors wife. I could understand why these things would be wrong. But why would sex between two single
people be sinful? So I thought and prayed about it. Soon after that, God showed me the truth on this matter.
One of the main causes of every false doctrine is inaccurate translation of words. The English Bibles are very different than the
original Hebrew and Greek. In order to correctly translate a word, we must study scripture to make sure the word makes sense in
every use and that there are no contradictions.
Jesus said in Matthew 19:9, “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 married woman cannot possibly commit fornication, because she, being already married, would be committing adultery. So,
the word translated as, fornication, must have a different meaning. The word, fornication, was translated from the Greek word,
porneia, which was defined as breaking one of the laws on sex given in Leviticus. You will not find sex before marriage being
condemned anywhere in the laws in Leviticus. In fact, nowhere in the entire Bible is sex before marriage condemned by God,
only by man.
Leviticus 18:6-26 is where the laws on sex are given.
The laws God gave concerning sex were such things like, not having sex with another man’s wife. Not having sex with your
mother or sister, or cousins. Not having sex with an animal. These things were called porneia, or considered to be sexual
immorality. This makes what Jesus said in Matthew understandable. If a man puts away his wife, except it be for sexual
immorality, and marries another, he commits adultery.
1 Corinthian 5:1 “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.”
Paul said that such fornication, or this kind of fornication has not even been done by the Gentiles. There were many Leviticus
laws on sex, and the one Paul said was not even done by the Gentiles was a man having sex with his father’s wife. This sin can
be called adultery or sexual immorality, but it cannot be called fornication.
So, every time the Bible talks about fornication, it is talking about sexual immorality, not sex before marriage. It is religion that
says, “If it feels good, then it is of the devil.” Religion is not love, it is doctrines and rules made up by self-righteous hypocrites.
Are you not convinced? Check back soon and I will go into the Old Testament on this subject.