The Bible does not say you cannot have sex b4 marrieage....?

Question

It only implies that the marriage bed not be defiled...which could mean being commited to each other after marriage...

serious answers from all are welcome. but no brimstone!

So if you marry more than one person you can have sex with themm tooo...

Answer 1

The Bible does say not to have sex before marriage. It also says that if a couple is caught having sex before marriage that they be forced to marry -- unless the woman is engaged (betrothed) to someone else, in which case to kill her (or them, I don't remember). It also says that this doesn't apply in the case of rape, in which case the man should be killed and the woman considered innocent.

Sex outside marriage is called "fornication," while cheating on your spouse is called "adultery." The New Testament also says that people should be married, have regular sex with their spouses, and not be involved in fornication or adultery.

I may not believe in this stuff, but I do know its in there. And yes, I do think you have interpreted the part about not defiling the marriage bed correctly.

Answer 2

Implies?
Hebrews 13:4 ESV "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous."

Ephesians 5:5 ESV "For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God."

I don't know of a place where it explicitly says not to have sex before marriage, but it is implied (which is probably what you meant). The Bible is very clear on the point that followers of God are not supposed to engage in sexual immorality, basically any sort of sexual activity outside of a marriage relationship, but you can't just focus on the physical acts, you have to include you're thoughts as well such as lust or passionate desire.
For the unbeliever, the rules still apply to them, they're usually just not conscience of them or care about them. The reason for the Old Testament's Ten Commandments and the Law in general is to show us how we're failing to meet God's standards and reveal our need for a savior (since no one was ever justified by following the law).
So you need to consider why this is a question you're asking. If you're feeling like its something you shouldn't be doing, but looking for a way to justify doing it anyway, you're not going to find it in the Bible.

Answer 3

As salaamu 'alaikym, my friend.

Insha'Allah, you might want to actually read the Torah, the Christian Old Testament (similar works but not the same), the Christian New Testament and the Holy Qur'an prior to posting something like this.

Sex outside of marriage is described as fornication and adultery repeatedly throughout these works and it is condemned as a serious sin against God (YHWH, Trinity Father/Son/Holy spirit and Allah, Subhanna wa Ta'ala).
Remember the story of the women who was found committing adultery? She was about to be stoned to death for her sin (although the man she was with is not mentioned...). After being pardoned, she is told to "go and sin no more".

Insha'Allah, please read before you post such a statement as it does not reflect well upon you nor your educational level when a Muslim knows more about your scriptures then you do.

May Allah, Subhanna wa Ta'ala, guide you to the truth.

Ma'a salaam.

Answer 4

Fornication ~ 1. voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other

The Bible clearly states fornication or sex before marriage is against Bible principle:

Romans 1:29 "Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,"
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Adultery is sex with other people once your married.

Answer 5

Wrong. Sex outside of marriage is called fornication and it's forbidden in the Bible.
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Answer 6

Even if the Bible did not state this the very fact that we are moral beings with responsibility for the mutual good of each other would condemn this.
Sex without love is lust and what would be the outcome if anyone gave into lust,there would be no moral boundaries and all human relationships would lose any sense of faithfulness and dignity.

Answer 7

Any time the Bible talks about "fornication" it is referring to sex outside of marriage, between two unmarried people. And it is very clear in scripture that fornication is definitely a "no-no."

I have to go to work right now, but I will post back specific readings later.

Answer 8

Are sexual relations before marriage wrong?

1 Thess. 4:3-8: “This is what God wills . . . 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; that no one go to the point of harming and encroach upon the rights of his brother in this matter, because Jehovah is one who exacts punishment for all these things, just as we told you beforehand and also gave you a thorough witness. For God called us, not with allowance for uncleanness, but in connection with sanctification. So, then, the man that shows disregard is disregarding, not man, but God, who puts his holy spirit in you.” (The Greek word por·nei´a, translated “fornication,” refers to sexual intercourse between unmarried persons, also to extramarital relations on the part of married persons.)

Eph. 5:5: “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.” (This does not mean that anyone who in the past was a fornicator cannot enjoy the blessings of God’s Kingdom, but he must cease that way of life in order to have God’s approval. See 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.)

Answer 9

Yeah, but there are several scriptures that refer to "fornicators" being evil and grouping them together with idolators, murderers, and men who lie with men. My understanding has always been that a fornicator is someone who has sex outside of marriage.

Answer 10

During the years when Jesus was on the earth, the Jewish law, given them from God certainly called sex before marriage fornication and that was punishable by stoning to death. This is the law God gave to them, therefore, he counted it a very serious sin.
The principle of "why" is written in Corinthians explaining that who we have sexual intercourse with makes us "one flesh" with them and that we have no right outside the blood covenant of marriage to join ourselves (us who are one flesh and one spirit with the Lord) to another. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and we belong to God who "bought us with the price of His shed blood". Our covenant is with Him.
No 'brimstone' here, but it is a serious matter to join our self to another that way. It's not just two sexual organs that join. You literally give a part of your soul (mind, will, emotions, personality) away and take on part of them. When men crudely say they are gonna get a "piece" of her, they literally do, but also leave a part of themselves there. With numerous encounters of giving 'yourself away' do you now know why it changes people?? Do you also understand the bonds that are formed between young people who are promiscuous?
In spiritual counseling, it is recognized that those sexual soul-ties need to be repented for, returned to whom they were stolen, call back your fragmented parts to yourself and re-commitment to the Lord in purity. Otherwise, there can be great depression, immense loneliness, fragile emotions and all sorts of personality issues that emerge. It IS important. To say married people have become one-flesh isn't some word game or symbolic gesture. It is ACTUAL when the marriage is consomated by sexual activity. Then God sees you as one unit; the male and female parts of the "Smith's", for instance. Now you understand also why divorce is truly spiritual surgery when such a couple separates. God hates divorce and says man should not separate what God puts together. See?
SEX, before marriage is not protected by the "bonds" of holy matrimony which is guarded by God. Sex outside marriage is NOT protected by God, so therefore STD's and worse. Two people who are sexually clean who marry can NEVER contract a sexually transmitted disease from between them.., that is a medical fact. It can only come from outside that relationship because that breaks the unit.
Nothing is 'unforgivable', but forgiveness doesn't take away physical consequences; like STD's or pregnancy.
No, it doesn't say "you cannot", but it says it is sin, and listed in Galatians as works of the flesh.