I used to think that the Bible never said anything about being a virgin until marriage. I only heard of staying pure, but it never really explained what "pure" really meant. I knew not to have sexual relations with the same sex, not lusting, keeping my language what God would want, and all that. I knew those just because other verses in the Bible had talked specifically about them. I just never could find a verse that talked about saving your body for marriage. And then I did.
It's one of the verses in the beginning. In Genesis. It isn't as obvious, but it is implied in the verse.
Genesis 2:24
-That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
So, the man leaving "his father and mother to be united with his wife" is the marriage part. The part where a man publicly shows that he loves the woman and wants to spend the rest of his life with her and have a family. He leaves his parents so that they can both have a life together alone. And then the "they become one flesh" is the sexual intercourse. I mean, it's not the greatest verse to show you specifically what God's plan was. But you don't see people in the Bible not getting married before sex unless they are a harlot or prostitute. Throughout the Bible, the man and woman see each other and fall in love and then get married. And then they have kids. This is the most clear verse of what God wanted though. He would have said it differently if He didn't care if you had sex with anyone you wanted before sex, but He said it the way it is.
Short post tonight, but just something simple I thought I would bring up.
God bless!!
Philippians 4:13
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