promiscuity

¹⁸Flee from fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man commits is outside of the body, but whoever fornicates, sins against his own body.

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, ²⁰the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, ²¹envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.

¹³Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

⁸But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am. ⁹But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.

²²So then, flee from the desires of your youth, yet truly, pursue justice, faith, hope, charity, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

²⁸But I say to you, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

¹³Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy.

⁹Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers, ¹⁰nor the effeminate, nor males who sleep with males, nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor the inebriated, nor slanderers, nor the rapacious shall possess the kingdom of God.

¹⁹Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? ²⁰For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.

³But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,

¹⁹Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

²⁵Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.

¹⁴And king Herod heard of it, (for his name had become well-known) and he said: “John the Baptist has risen again from the dead, and because of this, miracles are at work in him.” ¹⁵But others were saying, “Because it is Elijah.” Still others were saying, “Because he is a prophet, like one of the prophets.” ¹⁶When Herod had heard it, he said, “John whom I beheaded, the same has risen again from the dead.” ¹⁷For Herod himself had sent to capture John, and had chained him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip; for he had married her. ¹⁸For John was saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ¹⁹Now Herodias was devising treachery against him; and she wanted to kill him, but she was unable.

¹And he said to his disciples: “It is impossible for scandals not to occur. But woe to him through whom they come! ²It would be better for him if a millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than to lead astray one of these little ones.

⁵So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence,