Purpose of sex - scripture Flashcards
Deuteronomy 23:17-18?
‘No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute…because the Lord…detests then both.’
Genesis 2:24?
‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.’
Genesis 1:28 (procreation)?
‘Be fruitful and multiply’
Song 3:1 (companionship)?
‘I sought him whom my soul loves…’
Song 1:2 (physical pleasure)?
‘May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.’
Song 1:13 (physical pleasure)?
‘My beloved to me is a pouch of myrrh which lies all night between my breasts.’
Song 2:3 (companionship)?
‘Like an apple tree…so is my beloved. In his shade I took great delight’
Song 2:6 (intimacy)?
‘His left hand under my head and his right hand embrace me.’
Song 4:5 (procreation)?
‘Your two greats are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies.’
Genesis 2:24 (intimacy)?
‘two become one flesh’
1 Corinthians 7:2-3 (companionship)?
‘each man is to have his own wife and each woman…her own husband. The husband must fulfil his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.’
Phrase used in the Bible for sex?
‘to know’