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NASB | Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. |
Subject: Premarital sex is a sin? |
Bible Note: well, this is a very interesting discussion... I have been married and divorced after 3 years (my wife wanted to get rid of me) and I have had a sexual relationship for one year and a half with a divorced woman. I guess that would mean that according to some of you, I have been fornicating or something like that... Do I feel guilty? Yes and no. Yes because I rushed into these two relationships much too quickly and with hindsight I could say I should have slowed down and given it more thought. And Yes also because it is very painful to be that closely linked to a woman, to have that kind of intimacy, and then become like strangers... there is bound to be some sin in that, I am sure there is. But also no... because... I don't consider premarital or postmarital sex in itself to be 'fornication' or sinful, the only sin I would admit is adultery... By the way, God does not hate divorce (as the NASB puts it), He just hates men sending their wives away (because that is the original meaning of the hebrew). So I have this kind of in between stance, not liberal and not conservative... perhaps this is the moment to add I am dutch/european... it seems we are a bit more liberal than christians in the usa. I would welcome any reactions out of a concern to be biblical and loving. |