If sex before marriage is a sin, is it ok if you never marry?

Answer 1

God says to "be fruitful & multiply." I honestly do not remember seeing ANYWHERE in the Bible that you have to be married 1st. The only thing I recall is that we are supposed to be monogamous & commit ourselves to our mate until death. Does that mean that we have to be married in the conventional sense? I don't know. Maybe this whole formal marriage thing was put in place to deepen the commitment.

Answer 2

This depends on your view of marriage and sin. Who cares what others say? What do you think, deep down, past all the crap that the world tells us is right? What are YOUR views on sin? What do YOU believe about never marrying?

Me, I believe that marriage is an agreement between two people to love and care for one another. Is it necessary? NO. Is it an agreement before a GOD? Only if you make it so. Marriage is also a type of business contract honored by the govt.

Loving someone is the most important thing.

Now, if sex is not based out of love and was only to satify urges
then a whole nother dilemma emerges. If both of you only want sex then the agreement MAY be fine for those involved but the risk of pregnancy creates further dilemmas of making a family, abortion, etc.

The best bet is to have sex with someone you deeply love and want to be with and that returns the same emotions. Concepts of marriage and sin are secondary.

Many people get married because their religion tells them it's the right thing to do AND they often live in misery. The children of these couples also suffer because children soak up the stress between their parents and are changed by it. Is marrying not out of love but obligation a sin?

Answer 3

Choosing not to marry does not nullify the sin of premarital sex. Sin is sin and can only be covered by the blood of Jesus. Certainly, one needs to be forgiven of all sin prior to entering into the contract of marriage, and one should refrain from having sex with the betrothed until after the ceremony AND THE SIGNING OF THE LICENSE. In the USA, no minister or priest will perform a wedding without a valid license. The state has the right to insist upon this, and it is the law that the presiding minister or priest observe the law.

Answer 4

Responsible sex before marriage, using condoms, checking out one's partner's health is better. NOT having sex with just anyone or everyone is not a good idea , self esteem wise as well as health wise, so many diseases one can get nowaday which can be fatal.

It is inevitable that one is going to experience sexual feelings and you do have the choice to act on them or not according to your core beliefs.

There are also ways of self satisfying yourself if you don't have a partner.

Not all people make good marriage partners and it's really too bad that most people don't think more deeply about that before they leap into marriage. I think many young women want the wedding with all it entails but don't have a clue what a marriage entails.

There are reasons people don't marry, genetic disorders they don't want to pass on to their potential children, they've been isolated due to disability or some other factor or they're just happy being single.

Women , especially, but men too often want to pursue higher education and then have a career and travel etc. before marriage so may postpone it and then decide that they don't really want or need to marry.

Not being coupled is not a sin, despite what society will tell you.

There are as many pedafiles, if not more amongst straight heterosexual males and some females than there are ever are with people who are gay so that blows that theory out of the water.

So many people have children but aren't responsible for them, they just pop em out and wait for someone else to care for them, their parents or the state or foster parents.

Marriage is a big decision and big step and unless you know yourself really well and know your partner really well and are willing to do the compromises and work that marriage entails , it's probably a good idea not to marry or live common law until you get that knowledge.

Answer 5

Sex is a sin before marriage, now if you are refering to is it OK to have sex with the intention of never getting married, It is still sin, But if you obstain from sex then it is oK that you don't marry, Marriage is not a required thing, unless you plan on rasing a family or having sex.

Answer 6

Sex before marriage is great. It's probably some of the best sex you'll have. If marriage is not your thing, then don't marry. I know several people who have taken this route, even after having kids. Marriage is not for everybody.

Answer 7

1. Yes
2. No

Check it out...The fornicators are the people having sex before marriage; the adulterers are the married people having sex with someone other than their spouse:

"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 6:9-10

This one is pretty self-explanatory:

"This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh."

Galatians 5:16

This last one is a real zinger. It means you not only can't do it; but you can't even think about doing it!


Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matthew 5:27-29


God is truly good; but he is very strict.

Answer 8

sex isn't a sin either before or after mariage. mariage just assures that a partner doesn't take advantage of you. in some cultures pre marital sex is sin but if you love and trust your partner as much as he does and you both want it then why not? i guess you want 2 have the fun without attachment that's why you won't marry

Answer 9

Its not a sin, if u r not really cheating the another person. To marry or to be single is your choice , and both r right...

Answer 10

Marriage is highly recommended in Islam.

To those who cannot afford to marry, God advices them to be patient and the Prophet (p) advised them to fast.

It is ok if you never marry but must keep yourself chaste and pious. Islam knows this is hard, that is why it highly encourages young people to marry.

Peace.