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:"Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/colossians/colossians3.htm#v5 (Col 3:5).] | :"Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/colossians/colossians3.htm#v5 (Col 3:5).] | ||
;porneias | ;porneias | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew5.htm#v32 (Matt 5:32).] | :"But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew5.htm#v32 (Matt 5:32).] | ||
:"You are doing the works of your father!" (So) they said to him, "We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/john/john8.htm#v41 (John 8:41).] | :"You are doing the works of your father!" (So) they said to him, "We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/john/john8.htm#v41 (John 8:41).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v20 (Acts 15:20).] | :"... but tell them by letter to avoid pollution from idols, unlawful marriage, the meat of strangled animals, and blood" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v20 (Acts 15:20).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v29 (Acts 15:29).] | :"... namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled animals, and from unlawful marriage. If you keep free of these, you will be doing what is right. Farewell." [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v29 (Acts 15:29).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v2 (1 Cor 7:2).] | :"... but because of cases of immorality every man should have his own wife, and every woman her own husband" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v2 (1 Cor 7:2).] | ||
:"This is the will of God, your holiness: that you refrain from immorality" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1thessalonians/1thessalonians4.htm#v3 (1 Th 4:3).] | :"This is the will of God, your holiness: that you refrain from immorality" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1thessalonians/1thessalonians4.htm#v3 (1 Th 4:3).] | ||
:"I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her harlotry" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation2.htm#v21 (Rev 2:21).] | :"I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her harlotry" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation2.htm#v21 (Rev 2:21).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation9.htm#v21 (Rev 9:21).] | :"Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic potions, their unchastity, or their robberies" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation9.htm#v21 (Rev 9:21).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation14.htm#v8 (Rev 14:8).] | :"A second angel followed, saying: "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that made all the nations drink the wine of her licentious passion" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation14.htm#v8 (Rev 14:8).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation17.htm#v2 (Rev 17:2).] | :"The kings of the earth have had intercourse with her, and the inhabitants of the earth became drunk on the wine of her harlotry" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation17.htm#v2 (Rev 17:2).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation17.htm#v4 (Rev 17:4).] | :"The woman was wearing purple and scarlet and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a gold cup that was filled with the abominable and sordid deeds of her harlotry" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation17.htm#v4 (Rev 17:4).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation18.htm#v3 (Rev 18:3).] | :"For all the nations have drunk the wine of her licentious passion. The kings of the earth had intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her drive for luxury" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation18.htm#v3 (Rev 18:3).] | ||
;porneia | ;porneia | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew19.htm#v9 (Matt 19:9).] | :"I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew19.htm#v9 (Matt 19:9).] | ||
:"They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice; full of envy, murder, rivalry, treachery, and spite. They are gossips" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/romans/romans1.htm#v29 (Rom 1:29).] | :"They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice; full of envy, murder, rivalry, treachery, and spite. They are gossips" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/romans/romans1.htm#v29 (Rom 1:29).] | ||
:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians5.htm#v1 (1 Cor 5:1).] | :"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians5.htm#v1 (1 Cor 5:1).] | ||
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:"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/hebrews/hebrews13.htm#v4 (Heb 13:4).] | :"" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/hebrews/hebrews13.htm#v4 (Heb 13:4).] | ||
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== Matthew's "Exception" Clause == | |||
New American Bible [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew5.htm#foot21 footnote to Mt 5:31-32:] "See [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/deuteronomy/deuteronomy24.htm#v1 Deut 24:1-5.] The Old Testament commandment that a bill of divorce be given to the woman assumes the legitimacy of divorce itself. It is this that Jesus denies. (Unless the marriage is unlawful): this 'exceptive clause, as it is often called, occurs also in [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew19.htm#v9 Matthew 19:9,] where the Greek is slightly different. There are other sayings of Jesus about divorce that prohibit it absolutely (see [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/mark/mark10.htm#v11 Mark 10:11-12;] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke16.htm#v18 Luke 16:18;] cf [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v10 1 Cor 7:10,] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v11 11b,]) and most scholars agree that they represent the stand of Jesus. Matthew's 'exceptive clauses' are understood by some as a modification of the absolute prohibition. It seems, however, that the unlawfulness that Matthew gives as a reason why a marriage must be broken refers to a situation peculiar to his community: the violation of Mosaic law forbidding marriage between persons of certain blood and/or legal relationship [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/leviticus/leviticus18.htm#v6 (Lev 18:6-18).] Marriages of that sort were regarded as incest (porneia), but some rabbis allowed Gentile converts to Judaism who had contracted such marriages to remain in them. Matthew's 'exceptive clause' is against such permissiveness for Gentile converts to Christianity; cf the similar prohibition of porneia in [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v20 Acts 15:20,] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v29 29.] In this interpretation, the clause constitutes no exception to the absolute prohibition of divorce when the marriage is lawful." | |||
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Sexual impurity
HTML Bible / Sacred Name Bible concordance:
Strong's Number | Strong's Name | Greek Text and Scripture |
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4202 | porneia |
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4203 | porneuo |
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4204 | porne |
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4205 | pornos |
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Adultery
Sacred Name Bible concordance:
Strong's Number | Strong's Name | Greek Text and Scripture |
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3428 | moichalis |
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3429 | moichao |
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3430 | moicheia |
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3431 | moicheuo |
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3432 | moichos |
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Matthew's "Exception" Clause
New American Bible footnote to Mt 5:31-32: "See Deut 24:1-5. The Old Testament commandment that a bill of divorce be given to the woman assumes the legitimacy of divorce itself. It is this that Jesus denies. (Unless the marriage is unlawful): this 'exceptive clause, as it is often called, occurs also in Matthew 19:9, where the Greek is slightly different. There are other sayings of Jesus about divorce that prohibit it absolutely (see Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18; cf 1 Cor 7:10, 11b,) and most scholars agree that they represent the stand of Jesus. Matthew's 'exceptive clauses' are understood by some as a modification of the absolute prohibition. It seems, however, that the unlawfulness that Matthew gives as a reason why a marriage must be broken refers to a situation peculiar to his community: the violation of Mosaic law forbidding marriage between persons of certain blood and/or legal relationship (Lev 18:6-18). Marriages of that sort were regarded as incest (porneia), but some rabbis allowed Gentile converts to Judaism who had contracted such marriages to remain in them. Matthew's 'exceptive clause' is against such permissiveness for Gentile converts to Christianity; cf the similar prohibition of porneia in Acts 15:20, 29. In this interpretation, the clause constitutes no exception to the absolute prohibition of divorce when the marriage is lawful."