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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. |
Bible Question: how about birth control or family planning methods other than abstinence? like condom for instance.. between married individuals? |
Bible Answer: bcbj:Welcome to the Forum! Romans Chapters 14 and 15, present views on making judgements and doing as the Lord leads us. Paul also tells us that to do something we believe to be wrong is sin. Yet, Paul also allows for accepting each others views, and not being offensive to others. Birth control is exactly that, whatever is done or used is to prevent the chance of baby being born. The information Emmaus gave is good, and represents the Catholic Churches position. The Catholic Churches position on abortion has been consistant and unwavering against abortion. This is very commendable and I believe the only Biblical answer on abortion. Birth control was used by Camel herdsman, long before Christ birth. They inserted stones in the female camels womb. That was the first IUD if you want to call it that. The stone prevented the Zigote from attaching to the wall of the womb of the camel. In any from of birth control there is a failure percentage. Every method has it's problems. Most of us are so trusting of our doctors that we are ignorantly aborting conceived babies without knowing it. The IUD, the Pill, actually allow conception, but prevent attachment to the wall of the womb. Thus conception is terminated. In all medical books up until about 1920, said life began at conception. By the late 1940's life was now changed to when the zigote attached to the womb, life then began. Read Psalm 139, and see what the Bible says. There is little room for doubt. Today we live in a time that families of three children are looked down on with shame! When scripture says just the contrary. There are several family planning methods today that do not create ethical and religious struggles to contend with. The very best advice I can say for sure is stay away from PLANNED PARENTHOOD. These are baby killers! The keep the abortion mills going! To get good information see if you have a Christian Crisis Pregnancy Center. There they can give you either actual materials on Natural Family Planning, and other more credible methods that are compatable with you and your husbands wants. This subject is a very sensitive, and walking and living by faith takes effort, and trust. In Psalm 139 it is very clear that the Lord knew us before we even were concieved. I take that to mean the Lord will be with us as husband and wife, and no matter what, we can trust that God is in control. There are more natural, healthy, ways to plan your family today than ever before. We had 4 children. We now have 5 grandchildren. We have to trust the Lord to protect them all now. More faith is needed now, it seems, then when they were still at home. There has been pain and blessings, times of hurt and times to rejoyce. This is all part of life, and before you know it you wont even have the choice as to consider pregnancy. Life is fast enjoy every step of the journey. agape, justme |