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1 | Sex with a virgin constitutes marriage? | Deut 22:19 | joyus1 | 223732 | ||
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2 | Sex with a virgin constitutes marriage? | Deut 22:19 | Makarios | 223733 | ||
Greetings Joyus1, You ask, "Sex with a virgin constitutes marriage?" Based on such verses as Exodus 22:16-17 and Deut. 22:19 and 22:28, God's view of a woman's virginity is that of a very sacred thing to the marriage relationship - "He shall take a wife in her virginity" (Lev. 21:13). If a man has sex with a virgin outside of marriage, then there is a stiff penalty - he has to pay the price (as in Exodus 22:16-17) and be bound to her all of his days - he cannot divorce her (Deut. 22:19 and 28). So it is a very serious thing to bring "a bad name upon a virgin of Israel" (Deut. 22:19), and Christians are also called to keep the marriage bed pure (Hebrews 13:4). God intended sexual activity to be confined to the marriage relationship (1 Cor. 7:2). Sex, within marriage, is a good thing (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5). But sex outside of the confines of marriage (Exodus 20:14; Matthew 5:27-28) is fornication (1 Cor. 6:13,18; Heb. 13:4). Blessings to you, Makarios |
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