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The Bible presents human sexuality as a gift from God, created good and designed for the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman. Scripture addresses sexuality with both clarity and grace, calling believers to honor God with their bodies while extending compassion to all people.
"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."
"Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral."
"Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit?"
"Haven't you read, he replied, that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?"
"Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one's house for love, it would be utterly scorned."
Genesis 1-2 establishes God's design: sexuality is a good gift, expressed within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6). Sexual intimacy in marriage reflects the covenant love between Christ and the church (Ephesians 5:31-32). Outside of marriage, Scripture calls for sexual purity (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5).
The Bible lists sexual immorality among serious sins (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) and calls believers to flee it (1 Corinthians 6:18). However, 1 Corinthians 6:11 is equally clear: such were some of you. But you were washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. The gospel offers full forgiveness and transformation.
Jesus modeled both truth and grace — He upheld God's design for marriage (Matthew 19:4-6) while showing compassion to those caught in sexual sin (John 8:1-11). Christians are called to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), remembering that all people are made in God's image and that the gospel is for everyone.