Etritonakin
Well-Known Member
Do you think that living with your significant other before marriage is a sin? Even if your intentions are to evaluate how compatible you two are together before "tying the knot"?
Living together is not really the issue. Having sex is the issue.
To get specific in biblical terms, HAVING SEX IS GETTING MARRIED.
No ceremony is actually necessary or required by biblical law for two to become man and wife -A man and woman becoming one flesh by intercourse is the basic requirement. (The law was intended for the originally-intended state of distinct males and females -those truly intersex in any way would need to apply the law according to their actual individual situation)
(Having many wives was not actually sanctioned by God)
Living together or apart is not a sin.
Two people having sex without being certain that they intend to remain with each other for life is sin (though some have been duped and used by another) -whether they live together or not.