Adultery

By Kevin Cauley

"Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband" (Merriam-Webster). This is expressly forbidden by God ( Exodus 20:14; Matthew 5:28; Matthew 5:32). It is not necessarily a one-time act but can be continued, and one living such a state is condemned by God ( Galatians 5:19-21).

Exodus 20:14: "Thou shalt not commit adultery."

Matthew 5:28: "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

Matthew 5:32: "But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."

Galatians 5:19-21: "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."

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