Sexuality & Relationships
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What Does the Bible Say About Being Single?
The Bible treats being single as a good and legitimate path, not a punishment or a waiting room: Paul calls it a gift from God, and the church reads that Jesus lived it.
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What Does the Bible Mean by Submission in Marriage (Ephesians 5)?
In Ephesians 5, submission is a voluntary yielding to the Lord that begins with every believer (5:21) and is met by the husband's Christlike love. Believers differ on leadership at home.
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Can a marriage be restored after adultery?
Yes, a marriage can be restored after adultery, but not automatically: it takes real repentance, forgiveness, time, and trust rebuilt with pastoral help.
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What Does the Bible Say About Dating?
The Bible never describes modern dating. It gives principles: purity and wisdom and, by inference, purpose and shared faith, with no invented rules added to Scripture.
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Can a Christian marry a non-Christian?
The Bible directs a Christian to marry only in the Lord, someone who also belongs to Christ (1 Cor 7:39). A believer already married to an unbeliever should not leave over it.
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What Does the Bible Say About Living Together Before Marriage?
The Bible never names cohabitation, but it describes marriage as a covenant, usually celebrated in view of the community. Those already living together find grace and a path.
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Does the Bible permit birth control?
The Bible does not explicitly forbid birth control, but calls couples to honor sexuality within marriage with wisdom, integrity, and openness to life.
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What Does the Bible Say About Pornography?
The Bible doesn't use the word pornography, but it clearly condemns lustful looking, sexual immorality, and adultery of the heart — all of which apply directly to pornography.
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What are biblical grounds for divorce?
Scripture names two grounds for divorce: sexual unfaithfulness (Matt 19:9) and desertion by an unbelieving spouse (1 Cor 7:15). Even then, divorce is permitted, never commanded.
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What does the Bible say about divorce and remarriage?
The Bible permits but never commands divorce, allowing it for sexual unfaithfulness or abandonment. The innocent party may generally remarry; God welcomes the divorced.
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What Does the Bible Say About Interracial Marriage?
The Bible never forbids interracial marriage. It blesses it. Scripture's only marriage warnings concern faith, not skin color, ethnicity, or race.
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What does the Bible say about sex before marriage?
The Bible reserves sex for marriage and calls sex before marriage sin, naming it among forms of sexual immorality (Greek porneia) the believer is told to flee.
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Is masturbation a sin according to the Bible?
The Bible never names masturbation directly, but it does address the lust, fantasy, and self-focus that usually surround it. The honest answer is: it depends on the heart.
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What does the Bible say about homosexuality? Is it a sin?
The Bible consistently presents same-sex sexual activity as outside God's design, and so a sin. Yet it speaks to every person with the same grace and call to Christ.