oral sex
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3A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband. 4It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.
4May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
16Rise up, north wind, and advance, south wind. Send a breeze through my garden, and carry its aromatic scents.
3Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.
22You shall not commit sexual acts with a male, in place of sexual intercourse with a female, for this is an abomination.
20Such is the way also of an adulterous woman, who eats, and wiping her mouth, says: “I have done no evil.”
10But these men certainly blaspheme against whatever they do not understand. And yet, whatever they, like mute animals, know from nature, in these things they are corrupted.
13If any man has slept with a male in place of sexual intercourse with a female, both have committed a nefarious act, they shall die a death. So let their blood be upon them.
5So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.
2Chorus to Bride: How beautiful are your footsteps in shoes, O daughter of a ruler! The joints of your thighs are like jewels, which have been fabricated by the hand of an artist.
18Three things are difficult for me, and about a fourth, I am nearly ignorant: 19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man in adolescence. 20Such is the way also of an adulterous woman, who eats, and wiping her mouth, says: “I have done no evil.”
1May fraternal charity remain in you. 2And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests. 3Remember those who are prisoners, just as if you were imprisoned with them, and those who endure hardships, just as if you were in their place. 4May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers. 5Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, “I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you.” 6So then, we may confidently say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.”
24For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
4Groom to Bride: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my immaculate one. For my head is full of dew, and the locks of my hair are full of the drops of the night.
26Because of this, God handed them over to shameful passions. For example, their females have exchanged the natural use of the body for a use which is against nature. 27And similarly, the males also, abandoning the natural use of females, have burned in their desires for one another: males doing with males what is disgraceful, and receiving within themselves the recompense that necessarily results from their error.
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.