Bible Veres Needed!!!!?

Question

Does anyone know the Bible Verse that goes something like

having sex for any other reason except procreation is a sin?

I was having a discussion and I mentioned that if you had sex with your spouse just to have sex it is a sin because you are only suppose to have sex to procreate, and this person said that even though he had read the Bible extensively he had never read that and thought I was a bit crazy!!!

Can anyone please tell me? Am I wrong? Or is there a verse something like that in the Bible? If there is then could you please also tell me where it is so I can pass it on?

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank You!

By the way, I did not say I believe it should be this way!

I only said I thought I had read it!!!

I enjoy the flesh as much as the next person with my spouse!

Answer 1

I checked out BibleGateway.com and did a complete search of the Bible for such a verse, and it does not exist. It does not state in the Bible that sex is to only be used for procreational purposes. However, I do remember pieces of one Catholic doctrine, Donum Vitae, stating something similar to what you mentioned in your question.

This doctrine points out that the only purpose of sex is to procreate, and it is therefore sinful to engage in sex for any other purpose. So, sex between your partner, whether it starts with foreplay or not, must ultimately lead to procreation, as the Catholic faith is extremely prolife. Thus, the use of contraceptions (condoms, birth control, etc.) and "fooling around" are sinful because "life" is wasted.

Excuse me for being graphic here, but for this answer, I must use this example. If a couple choses to use a condom while having sex, the sperm, or "seed of life", collected in that condom is wasted and cannot be used for creating any form of life.

Despite this Catholic viewpoint on prolife and procreation, consider sex a beautiful gift from God given to a married couple. It is such an intimate act for husband and wife to encounter of their love for one another. It is meant to be shared with each other....to enjoy one another physically and emotionally during the act. God obviously wanted sex to be pleasurable for man; otherwise, he never would have created it.

To back this last paragraph up, here's some scripture for you:

1 Corinthians 7:3-5

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer.

These are just my thoughts. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Paul seems to advocate celibacy in 1 Corinthians chapter 7 where he answers the Corinthians that "it is better that a man not touch a woman". This is probably a mistranslation or a misreading, as this is only half of the conversation. We do not know what the Corinthians asked him, so we do not know the proper context for the answer. He goes on to make it clear that sexual relations to anyone other than your spouse is sin, and that there is no sin to have sexual relations with your spouse. In fact, he commands married people to have sex; "Defraud ye not one the other". This chapter is used by the Catholics to justify the celibacy of their priests, although this claim seems tenous at best. In First Timothy, Chapter Three, Paul describes the attributes of a Bishop: he should be married, a good husband and a good father.

Answer 3

In the Old Testament, there is mention of the sinful act of a man spilling his seed on the ground. I am sorry not to put book, chapter and verse. This has been taken out of context to call birth control, self stimulation and all kinds of other acts a sin when in fact the sin was not just what the man did, but his intent was to deprive a woman of a chance for an heir. I said all this to say that Song of Solomon refutes any such restrictions in the marriage bed.

Answer 4

You are wrong in telling that having sex with your spouse is a sin when you are not suppose to procreate because in the bible, it was said that a woman is to give everything to his husband and the things she have is not own by the woman but by her husband and man is for woman and woman is for man. When ever you are available, you must give the needs of your husband and the sex is in that category.
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Answer 5

I respectfully disagree with your position. In the bible God told men to go forth and multiply before they sinned. So the sex act can hardly be considered evil. I ge the impression some people think this is orignal sin. This is why the try and insinuate that Mary remained a virgin for the rest of her life. That would seem like a cruel trick to play on her and Joseph and frankly doesn't make sense when scripture suggests Jesus had brothers.

Answer 6

There are no Bible verses for this "practice."

It is my understanding, however, that this concept came from St. Augustine. According to what I heard, before St. Augustine converted to Christianity/Catholicism, he had lead quite a.... um... "wild" life. His conversion had such a profound affect on his life, that he "tremendously" regretted his "wild days" and sort of flipped to the opposite. In his "old days," sex was a wild, lusty, and profoundly pleasurable thing. But afterwards, he felt that such "lusty" behavior, and the enjoyment that may come from it, were sinful and stand in the way of a close relationship with God.

Since God prohibited sex outside of a "sanctified" marriage, St. Augustine had to somehow "justify" having sex even within a marriage. He cited Genesis, where God told "Man" to be fruitful and multiply, so therefore since Adam and Eve were "husband and wife" and they were commanded to be fruitful and multiply, that God meant sex to be for that purpose only. Besides, sex in the "animal kingdom" also had the intention of being fruitful and multiplying... animals did not have sex for the mere pleasure of it... at least not as St Augustine saw it.

So, he thusly concluded that not only should sex exist within marriage only, but that it's purpose should be solely for the procreation of our species.

I hope this helps... and someday I'll search more thoroughly for the citations for this... as it seems to be a question/issue that comes up rather frequently.

God Bless!

Answer 7

Sorry, the others are right it is *not* in the Bible only taught by a certain religion.

Follow the advice of the others who sugested other Bible readings.

Don't get into other books or commentaries right now Just get a simple Pew Bible that has *NO* notes...and read only the Bible.

The only other Books for basic study would be
1. A Topical Bible=lists verses by subject (no notes)
2. Concordenance=lists verses by words (no notes)

Answer 8

Sage: Sorry - you are wrong. Sex between a married couple (man & female) apart from procreation is acceptable to God. The Bible supports sex for enjoyment - apart from procreation. What about married people, who can not conceive a child - are they not to endulge in sexual relationships? Good luck to ya!

Answer 9

It doesn't say that at all and only my great-grand-mother (Catholic) was of that opinion... as great-grand-pa had to go elsewhere for his human gratification! In the bonds of marriage, where two people love one another, it is an expression of love pure and simple... If anything, God says the opposite of what you thought by warning against having babies in these last days... as it is not going to be easy to go through what is coming with tribulation and Armageddon with a baby suckling or being pregnant! It's just not time to bring babies in the world right now! When God gave the commandment to fill the earth, it would have been fine to have hundreds, thousands of children, but this had to be halted after Adam's disobedience to the one rule on earth at the time... not to eat of the fruit of that one single tree... So we didn't fill the earth and had to rely on His son to bring us back to the favor we, as humans, once enjoyed with our heavenly Father... It's all coming to a head real soon. Then, the absolute knowledge of God Himself will cover the planet and the peace of God, that excels all thought will be with us always!

Answer 10

Sex is an enjoyable experience for a reason, but it is reserved for married people. Not necessarily strictly for procreation but as an expression of love, and something that two people who are married and in love can enjoy together.