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12 Bible Verses About Living Together Before Marriage

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  • Genesis 2:24 joins leaving father and mother, holding fast to a wife and becoming one flesh, and Jesus quotes it in Matthew 19:4-5 as words the Creator “said.”
  • Malachi 2:14 calls a wife a companion “by covenant” and says the Lord was witness between husband and wife.
  • In 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 1 Thessalonians 4:3, “sexual immorality” translates porneia, which the King James Version renders “fornication.”
  • In 1 Corinthians 7:9 Paul tells the unmarried who cannot exercise self-control to marry: “it is better to marry than to burn with passion.”
  • Matthew 1:19 calls Joseph Mary’s “husband” while they are betrothed, and Matthew 1:18 places the events “before they came together.”

The Bible answers the question of living together before marriage through what it says about marriage and about sexual relations outside it. Genesis 2:24 and Matthew 19:6 describe marriage as one flesh that God joins, Malachi 2:14 calls a wife a companion “by covenant,” and 1 Corinthians 6:18, Ephesians 5:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 and Hebrews 13:4 forbid sexual immorality. The Greek word behind “sexual immorality” in 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 1 Thessalonians 4:3 is porneia, which the King James Version…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Greek 4202, πορνεία (porneia): immorality, fornication; used in 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 7:2, Ephesians 5:3 and 1 Thessalonians 4:3. biblehub.com/greek/4202

Strong’s Greek 2845, κοίτη (koite): bed, marriage bed, sexual relations; used in Romans 13:13 and Hebrews 13:4. biblehub.com/greek/2845

Strong’s Greek 4307, πρόνοια (pronoia): forethought, provident care or supply. biblehub.com/greek/4307

King James Version, 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:3 and Romans 13:13. biblegateway.com

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