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Hebrews 13:4
Excerpted from: Biblical LovesSo Paul, if he was the author of Hebrews, and I believe he ultimately is, decided to use a euphemism, and the euphemism is the idea of the marriage bed. Rather than using eros, which had the very negative connotations at the time, he just used the idea of the marriage bed and anybody with a couple of brain cells that could rub together could understand what he meant.
So what happens here in Hebrews 13:4 is the author says sexual activity between spouses is not defiling at all. It is not sinful. He uses the term here undefiled and honorable, so he places it on a high level. This is a necessary part of one's marriage. Now he moves quickly from that to give you the opposite. He says that sexual activity outside of marriage brings on God's judgment. That is sinful. That is directly from the Ten Commandments, "You shall not commit adultery." So, this is actually in the majority of the places where the concept is found in the New Testament where it is spoken of in its negative aspect, as sinful.
It is usually mentioned in the Greek words pornea, which means fornication at its base, but it can be used for any kind of sexual immorality, which is often how the New King James translates it. Or moicheia, which specifically means adultery. So here he uses both words, fornicators and adulterers, that is, pornea and moicheia that he is talking about there. And he says those sorts of things will render one, put one under the wrath of God as sinful, and one would need to seek repentance if one did anything like that.
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