What does the bible say about sex before marriage?

Please give specific passages, thanks!What does the bible say about sex before marriage?
1 Corinthians 6:9-10, ';Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.';





1 Corinthians 6:13b, 18 tells us, ';Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without (outside) the body; but he that commiteth fornication sinneth against his own body.';





Galatians 5:19-21 reads, ';Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness ... of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.';





Thessalonians 4:3-5, ';For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel (body) in sanctification and honor, not in lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which do not know God.';





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Hebrews 13:4 reads ';Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.';





Good Luck!What does the bible say about sex before marriage?
What does the Bible say about sex before marriage / premarital sex?';





Answer: There is no Hebrew or Greek word used in the Bible that precisely refers to sex before marriage. The Bible undeniably condemns adultery and sexual immorality, but is sex before marriage considered sexually immoral? According to 1 Corinthians 7:2, “yes” is the clear answer: “But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.” In this verse, Paul states that marriage is the “cure” for sexual immorality. First Corinthians 7:2 is essentially saying that, because people cannot control themselves and so many are having immoral sex outside of marriage, people should get married. Then they can fulfill their passions in a moral way.





Since 1 Corinthians 7:2 clearly includes sex before marriage in the definition of sexual immorality, all of the Bible verses that condemn sexual immorality as being sinful also condemn sex before marriage as sinful. Sex before marriage is included in the biblical definition of sexual immorality. There are numerous Scriptures that declare sex before marriage to be a sin (Acts 15:20; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:13, 18; 10:8; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Jude 7). The Bible promotes complete abstinence before marriage. Sex between a husband and his wife is the only form of sexual relations of which God approves (Hebrews 13:4).





Far too often we focus on the “recreation” aspect of sex without recognizing that there is another aspect—procreation. Sex within marriage is pleasurable, and God designed it that way. God wants men and women to enjoy sexual activity within the confines of marriage. Song of Solomon and several other Bible passages (such as Proverbs 5:19) clearly describe the pleasure of sex. However, the couple must understand that God’s intent for sex includes producing children. Thus, for a couple to engage in sex before marriage is doubly wrong—they are enjoying pleasures not intended for them, and they are taking a chance of creating a human life outside of the family structure God intended for every child.





While practicality does not determine right from wrong, if the Bible's message on sex before marriage were obeyed, there would be far fewer sexually transmitted diseases, far fewer abortions, far fewer unwed mothers and unwanted pregnancies, and far fewer children growing up without both parents in their lives. Abstinence is God’s only policy when it comes to sex before marriage. Abstinence saves lives, protects babies, gives sexual relations the proper value, and, most importantly, honors God.
1 Corinthians 6:15-25





The Bible refers to sexual immorality as a blanket term many times, and the generally accepted definition of this to the target audience includes premarital sex. Many young Christians try to compromise or find a loophole in what the Bible refers to as sexual immorality, but none exists. Any one that you can find will be based off of an ignorance of the rest of Scripture. Read the verse I quoted and analyze it's intent and deeper meaning- I think it becomes clear. After that, it becomes up to you whether or not you want to follow the teachings of the Bible. Feel free to email me if you have more questions!
sex before marriage is sinful even if you love each other. Being in love doesn't alter the reality that the sexual act is outside of marriage, marriage being the ceremonial union of a man and woman in matrimony. Sex outside of marriage is called fornication and the Bible definitely condemns it.





* Matt. 15:19-20, ';For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. 20 These are the things which defile the man.';


* Acts 15:29, ';...that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well.';


* 1 Cor. 6:9-10, ';Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.';


* Heb. 13:4, ';Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.';





So, very clearly fornication is condemned in scripture and there is no provision for it being acceptable just because someone loves another person. Besides if this couple is so much in love, then why don't they carry out what true love is and marry each other? True love is when you put another person first, not when you take something from them. When a man and woman engage in fornication they declare that such love for the other person is more self-centered, rather than other-centered.
all true religions don't permit to have sex before marriage.





if u want more explanation for the reasons refer to the following link:





http://www.islamonline.net/english/index…
` Corinthians 6:9-11: ';What! Do younot know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, 10 nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom. 11 And yet that is what some of you were. But you have been washed clean, but you have been sanctified, but you have been declared righteous in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God.';





**In this scripture Paul describes who would not inheirit God's Kingdom and fornicators are among them.





1 Corinthians 6:13:';Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods; but God will bring both it and them to nothing. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.';





1 Corinthians 6:18:';Flee from fornication....';





1 Thessalonians 4:3:';For this is what God wills, the sanctifying of you, that you abstain from fornication;';





Joseph of Bible times was even faced with a tough situation in which his masters wife kept urging him to ';lie down'; with her, but notice Joseph's response: Genesis 39:9-12:';There is no one greater in this house than I am, and he has not withheld from me anything at all except you, because you are his wife. So how could I commit this great badness and actually sin against God?”





10 So it turned out that as she spoke to Joseph day after day he never listened to her to lie alongside her, to continue with her. 11 But it happened that on this day as other days he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house. 12 Then she grabbed hold of him by his garment, saying: “Lie down with me!” But he left his garment in her hand and took to flight and went on outside.';





Clearly God does not approve of sexual relations outside of marriage.
The Bible says No. It's called fornication and means any form of sexual activity between unmarried persons.





1 Corinthians 6:9 - 11, 18: ';What! Do you not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom. And yet that is what some of you were. But you have been washed clean, but you have been sanctified, but you have been declared righteous in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God... Flee from fornication. Every other sin that a man may commit is outside his body, but he that practices fornication is sinning against his own body.';





Ephesians 5:5: ';For you know this, recognizing it for yourselves, that no fornicator or unclean person or greedy person—which means being an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God.';





1 Thessalonians 4:3 - 5: ';For this is what God wills, the sanctifying of you, that you abstain from fornication; that each one of you should know how to get possession of his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in covetous sexual appetite such as also those nations have which do not know God;';





1 Corinthians 7: 2, 3: ';because of prevalence of fornication, let each man have his own wife and each woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to [his] wife her due; but let the wife also do likewise to [her] husband.';
i don't know about bible, but Holy Quran says we are not permitted to have sex before marriage, it's a sinful act and can harms from several dimensions. why i am talking about Quran since that's also the Book of God and sent for our better understanding.
http://www.gotquestions.org/sex-before-m…


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Nothing specific - it takes ';interpretation';, which allows a lot of different condemnations to be applied.
';Thou shalt practice sex daily with complete strangers and prostitutes my children'; - Isiah 1:3
I think no religion or human behaviour encourages sex before marriage.








Read Complete Quran once if you are daring
Thou shall have sex all day and all night, thou shall not burn in hell as hell don't exist, so get humping. :)
It says that it was a common occurrence throughout the writing of the Bible.
It doesn't. The original term fortification had nothing to do with sex..
well...i dont have a bible with me but i know for a fact that pre-marital sex is frowned upon.
Nothing.
Can we say fornication?
Do it as much as possible.