PREMARITAL SEX

1 Corinthians 6:9

2 Corinthians 12:21

Galatians 5:19

Hebrews 13:4

Deuteronomy 22:13-28

• "The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity…“ (Galatians 5:19)

• Hebrews 13:4, where the author distinguishes two types of sex that are prohibited. The first, moichos, refers to a married person having sex with someone other than his or her spouse and is generally translated adultery. The second, porneia, in this case refers to any other unmarried sex, usually translated fornication or sexual immorality.

• "…The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body" (1 Corinthians 6:13).

• Verse 18 of this chapter goes on to say, "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body."

• "Genital sex is an expression of intimacy, not the means to intimacy. True intimacy springs from verbal and emotional communion. True intimacy is built on a commitment to honesty, love and freedom. True intimacy is not primarily a sexual encounter. Intimacy, in fact, has almost nothing to do with our sex organs. A prostitute may expose her body, but her relationships are hardly intimate.“ (Why Wait for Sex, Alice Fryling)