16 Bible Verses About Premarital Sex

Hebrews 13:4

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Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

1 Corinthians 7:2

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But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

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Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Thessalonians 4:3–5

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3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; 4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

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3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

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3For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, 4that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor, 5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,

1 Corinthians 6:18

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Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

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Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

1 Corinthians 6:18–20

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18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

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18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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18Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

1 Corinthians 7:8–9

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8Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am. 9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. 9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.

Ephesians 5:3

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But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

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But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

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But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

Genesis 2:24

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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Exodus 22:16–17

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16If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. 17If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

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16And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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16“If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. 17If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

1 Corinthians 5:1

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It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

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It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

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It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.

1 Corinthians 6:9–10

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9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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9Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

1 Corinthians 7:9

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But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

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But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.

Galatians 5:19

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The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

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Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

Colossians 3:5

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Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

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Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

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For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

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For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

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For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

Jude 1:7

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In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

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Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

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Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

16 Bible Verses About Premarital Sex

Hebrews 13:4

1 Corinthians 7:2

1 Thessalonians 4:3–5

1 Corinthians 6:18

1 Corinthians 6:18–20

1 Corinthians 7:8–9

Ephesians 5:3

Genesis 2:24

Exodus 22:16–17

1 Corinthians 5:1

1 Corinthians 6:9–10

1 Corinthians 7:9

Galatians 5:19

Colossians 3:5

1 Thessalonians 4:3

Jude 1:7

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