3 Bible and Relationships Flashcards
‘You shall not commit adultery’
Exodus 20: Ten Commandments.
‘each man should have sexual relations with his own wife’
1 Corinthians 7:2 Paul says it is immoral to have sex outside of marriage/with many people.
‘wives, submit to your husbands’
Ephesians 5:22-33 explains roles of men and women in Christian households
‘husbands, love your wives’
Ephesians 5:22-33 explains roles of men and women in Christian households
‘no man should lie with another man, for God hates that.’
Leviticus 18:22
Sex is for pleasure and recreation as well as procreation
Song of Songs
‘be fruitful and multiply’
Genesis 1:28 one of God’s first instructions to humankind.
‘it is good to abstain from sexual relations’
1 Corinthians 7:1 Paul says celibacy is a higher state than marriage.
‘he who does not marry does better’
1 Corinthians 7:38 Paul says marriage is a distraction and devotion is shared between spouse and God.
Jesus teaching about divorce ‘But it was not this way from the beginning’
Matthew 19:8 divorce is a result of sin and an imperfect world - not God’s ideal.
‘A man is united with his wife and they become one’
Genesis 2:24 God intended man to be with woman.
“The marriage bed kept pure”
Hebrews 13:4 says this is the ideal state for marriage for God will judge the sexually immoral
“Anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Matthew 5:32
“Man must not separate what God has joined together”
Matthew 19:6 divorce
What do gospels say sacrificing married life is for which is the basis of Catholics for their teaching about Catholic priests?
For “the sake of the Kingdom” as it allows focus on God rather than splitting focus.
