The Bible places sex within marriage, where husband and wife “shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). Proverbs 5:18-19 and Song of Solomon 4:7 celebrate desire between spouses, and 1 Corinthians 7:3-4 gives each a claim on the other’s body. The warnings fall on sexual immorality, which the New Testament lists beside greed and idolatry (1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Colossians 3:5), on lust in the heart (Matthew 5:28), and on wronging another person (1 Thessalonians 4:3-6). Deuteronomy 22:25-27 puts to death the…
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