What Does the Bible Teach Regarding Sex?

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What Does the Bible Teach Regarding Sex?

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

¹² “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. ¹³ You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. ¹⁵ Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶ Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?

For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷ But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

¹⁸ Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. ¹⁹ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. 

Therefore, honor God with your bodies. (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)

A. How Did the Corinthian Church Justify Their Sexual Immorality?

1. It is .

2. It is .

3. It is .

B. What Does the Bible Consider to be Sexually Immoral?

1. Any sexual relationship outside of the .

(Exodus 20:14; 1 Corinthians 7:8-9)

2. Any sexual relationship between members of the .

(Leviticus 18:22; 1 Corinthians 6:9)

3. Any sexual relationship between humans and .

(Leviticus 8:23; Deuteronomy 27:21)

4. Any sexual relationship between certain .

(Leviticus 18:6; 1 Corinthians 5:1)

C. How Did Paul Respond?

1. To the “Legal” argument:

i. It seems like Paul limits Christian liberty by the boundaries of and (v. 12)

2. To the “Natural” argument:

i. The body wasn’t designed for . (vv. 13-14)

3. To the “Physical” argument:

i. Your body will be . (v. 14)

D. Why Is God So Concerned About My Sexuality?

1. Sexual sin is of great (v. 15-17)

2. Sexual sin is of great (v. 18)

3. Sexual sin is of great (vv. 19-20)

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