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Premarital Sex and the Bible

Skwim

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Are there any scriptures that forbid premarital sex, particularly premarital sexual intercourse?

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Kenny

Face to face with my Father
Premium Member
Did you even try to google it? :rolleyes:

If you are interested in the benefits of waiting:

Statistics | WaitingTillMarriage.org

I just googled the above but understand that statistically, waiting is better. God just knew that sex before marriage ruins the success rate.
 
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JoshuaTree

Flowers are red?
Did they do it for fun or purpose? Why wasn't Eve pregnant? Were their eyes literally closed until the fall?
 

Hockeycowboy

Witness for Jehovah
Premium Member
1 Corinthians 7:9

The implication is clear. You cannot come to any other conclusion: sex needs to stay between married individuals.

This counsel was given to Christians, who should follow the Bible's guidelines on how husbands and wives should treat each other. That being said, i (and many others) see the wisdom in avoiding premarital sex! It's actually evidence, to me, that the Bible has a Divine source.

Does anyone know if there are any other religious documents that prohibit it?
 
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Skwim

Veteran Member
Did you even try to google it? :rolleyes:
I did, and didn't find a thing. Perhaps you can show me the way.


Definite maybe, but it isn't recorded. However, they were married.
A&E were married before they ate the apple? Must have missed the announcement. Please share.


1 Corinthians 7:9

The implication is clear. You cannot come to any other conclusion: sex needs to stay between married individuals.
Let's see.

1 Corinthians 7:8-9
So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows—it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am. 9 But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It’s better to marry than to burn with lust.
Well, it does say it's better to marry than to lust, but being better hardly amounts to any suggestion that premarital sex is forbidden or amounts to sinning.

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Grandliseur

Well-Known Member
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Are there any scriptures that forbid premarital sex, particularly premarital sexual intercourse?

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In olden days with chaperones, pre-marital sex was easier to avoid. Nowadays, when couples are alone, kissing and perhaps becoming inflamed with passion, it is harder to avoid. Church weddings are not a must, however. So, I usually say that people who have fallen prey to temptation and had sex while unmarried should go to the city office and get a marriage certificate since in God's eyes it becomes either marriage or fornication depending on what is done thereafter. That is imo. Thus, it makes it both legal and a public statement for the world. This sleeping around thing with multiple partners only brings divine disapproval unless you have more than one wife. That is marginally permitted scripturally, but not legally in so many places.
 

Skwim

Veteran Member
In olden days with chaperones, pre-marital sex was easier to avoid. Nowadays, when couples are alone, kissing and perhaps becoming inflamed with passion, it is harder to avoid. Church weddings are not a must, however. So, I usually say that people who have fallen prey to temptation and had sex while unmarried should go to the city office and get a marriage certificate since in God's eyes it becomes either marriage or fornication depending on what is done thereafter. That is imo. Thus, it makes it both legal and a public statement for the world. This sleeping around thing with multiple partners only brings divine disapproval unless you have more than one wife. That is marginally permitted scripturally, but not legally in so many places.
Let me ask you: If you didn't believe god disapproves of premarital sex would you unilaterally object to it? I mean, aside from religious considerations, is there anything inherently wrong with it?

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JoshuaTree

Flowers are red?
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on
Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man? Yeah
An' didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can?
Honey, you know I did
And, and each time I tell myself that I, well I think I've had enough
But I'm gonna, gonna show you baby, that a woman can be tough
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby
Oh, oh, break it
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby
Well you know you got it, if it makes you feel good
Oh, yes indeed
You're out on the streets looking good
And baby deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain't right
Never, never, never, never, never, never hear me when I cry at night
Babe and I cry all the time
But each time I tell myself that I, well I can't stand the pain
But when you hold me in your arms, I'll sing it once again
I'll say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby
Oh, oh, break it
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby
Well you know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good
I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby
Oh, oh, break it
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, c'mon now
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby
You know you got it
Take it, take another little piece of my heart now, baby
Oh, oh, break it
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, hey
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good
 

Grandliseur

Well-Known Member
Let me ask you: If you didn't believe god disapproves of premarital sex would you unilaterally object to it? I mean, aside from religious considerations, is there anything inherently wrong with it?

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Please consider why God disapproves of loose sex. It has nothing to do with sex in a sense since if you look at the animal world a lot of different things are encountered, including spiders that eat their mate once procreation has been accomplished, if memory serves. (some human males might think their mate one of those females! :) ) The question then comes down to what happens to children of one parent, to abortions, to children even raised by a step parent and parent, though many fine examples abound. How many cases haven't been in the news lately with children abused horribly by such pairs of parents!

We see that one parent families are at a great disadvantage, many live in poverty, and in extreme circumstances, even regarding abuse.

Thus, the picture comes down not to lust and sex, but to what results from this. It also comes down to loyalty. In the Bible, if memory serves, this loyalty to a mate comes down to general trustworthiness, something demonstrated today in the 'Walking dick,' this new second cheetah, we all might know from the news (without being more blatantly obvious) who has let all down with the promises and lies, etc. that have come from that field.

As far as sex, most men, (I include myself) are very much attracted to pretty young girls, and it would be hard to resist a temptation if some such eye-candy made serious advances. But, I think we need to think with more than our animal brain located in our penis, and think of the greater picture, economically, medically, socially. :cool:
 

Hockeycowboy

Witness for Jehovah
Premium Member
Fine. Where does the Bible say fornication is a sin or even forbidden?

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1 Corinthians 6:9-10. "Fornicators....will not inherit God's Kingdom."

Colossians 3:5-6. "....on account of these things, the wrath of God is coming." Notice, not murder, or thievery, or war.

Acts of the Apostles 15:28-29. "Essentials:....If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
1 Corinthians 6:9-10. "Fornicators....will not inherit God's Kingdom."

Colossians 3:5-6. "....on account of these things, the wrath of God is coming." Notice, not murder, or thievery, or war.

Acts of the Apostles 15:28-29. "Essentials:....If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you.

Yes, but that was just Paul, and when it came to sex Paul was nucking futz. Probably because he was a closet homosexual.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
Does anyone know if there are any other religious documents that prohibit it?
From the Book of Laws which is the Most Holy Book of the Baha’i Faith:

“The Bahá’í teachings on sexual morality centre on marriage and the family as the bedrock of the whole structure of human society and are designed to protect and strengthen that divine institution. Bahá’í law thus restricts permissible sexual intercourse to that between a man and the woman to whom he is married.” The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 223
 

Hockeycowboy

Witness for Jehovah
Premium Member
From the Book of Laws which is the Most Holy Book of the Baha’i Faith:

“The Bahá’í teachings on sexual morality centre on marriage and the family as the bedrock of the whole structure of human society and are designed to protect and strengthen that divine institution. Bahá’í law thus restricts permissible sexual intercourse to that between a man and the woman to whom he is married.” The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 223
Glad to know that, thank you!
 

Kenny

Face to face with my Father
Premium Member
I did, and didn't find a thing. Perhaps you can show me the way.

What Does the Bible Say About Premarital Sex (Sex Before Marriage, Sex Without Marriage)?

Either its your brouser or someone who didn't "Seek and you shall find"


A&E were married before they ate the apple? Must have missed the announcement. Please share.
Chapter two. We know its about marriage because of Ephesians Chapter five.

One of the specialties about marriage is that God uses it to express the relationship He has with mankind. (Eph 5)



Let's see.

1 Corinthians 7:8-9
So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows—it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am. 9 But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It’s better to marry than to burn with lust.
Well, it does say it's better to marry than to lust, but being better hardly amounts to any suggestion that premarital sex is forbidden or amounts to sinning.
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You know, there is nothing in the Bible that says digging on your neighbors lawn is a sin, but somewhere your noggin should kick in some common sense :D
 
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