Bible verses about "molestation" | CLV

¹ Become, then, imitators of God, as beloved children, ² and be walking in love, according as Christ also loves you, and gives Himself up for us, an approach present and a sacrifice to God, for a fragrant odor." ³ Now, all prostitution and uncleanness or greed - let it not even be named among you, according as is becoming in saints -" ⁴ and vileness and stupid speaking or insinuendo, which are not proper, but rather thanksgiving." ⁵ For this you perceive, knowing that no paramour at all or unclean or greedy person, who is an idolater, has any enjoyment of the allotment in the kingdom of Christ and of God." ⁶ Let no one be seducing you with empty words, for because of these things the indignation of God is coming on the sons of stubbornness." ⁷ Do not, then, become joint partakers with them, ⁸ for you were once darkness, yet now you are light in the Lord." ⁹ As children of light be walking (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), ¹⁰ testing what is well pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹ And be not joint participants in the unfruitful acts of darkness, yet rather be exposing them also, ¹² for it is a shame even to speak of the hidden things occurring, done by them." ¹³ Now all that which is being exposed, by the light is made manifest, for everything which is making manifest is light." ¹⁴ Wherefore He is saying, 'Rouse! O drowsy one, and rise from among the dead, and Christ shall dawn upon you!'" ¹⁵ Be observing accurately, then, brethren, how you are walking, not as unwise, but as wise, ¹⁶ reclaiming the era, for the days are wicked." ¹⁷ Therefore do not become imprudent, but understand what the will of the Lord is." ¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, in which is profligacy, but be filled full with spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and playing music in your hearts to the Lord, ²⁰ giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, ²¹ to our God and Father, being subject to one another in the fear of Christ." ²² Let the wives be subject to their own husbands, as to the Lord, ²³ for the husband is head of the wife even as Christ is Head of the ecclesia, and He is the Saviour of the body." ²⁴ Nevertheless, as the ecclesia is subject to Christ, thus are the wives also to their husbands in everything." ²⁵ Husbands, be loving your wives according as Christ also loves the ecclesia, and gives Himself up for its sake, ²⁶ that He should be hallowing it, cleansing it in the bath of the water (with His declaration), ²⁷ that He should be presenting to Himself a glorious ecclesia, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it may be holy and flawless." ²⁸ Thus, the husbands also ought to be loving their own wives as their own bodies. He who is loving his own wife is loving himself." ²⁹ For no one at any time hates his own flesh, but is nurturing and cherishing it, according as Christ also the ecclesia, ³⁰ for we are members of His body. ³¹ For this "a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh." ³² This secret is great: yet I am saying this as to Christ and as to the ecclesia. ³³ Moreover, you also individually, each be loving his own wife thus, as himself, yet that the wife may be fearing the husband."

¹ Children, be obeying your parents, in the Lord, for this is just." ² Honor your father and mother' (which is the first precept with a promise), ³ that it may be becoming well with you, and you should be a long time on the earth." ⁴ And fathers, do not be vexing your children, but be nurturing them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord." ⁵ Slaves, be obeying your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the singleness of your heart, as to Christ, ⁶ not with eye-slavery, as man-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul, ⁷ with good humor slaving as to the Lord and not to men, ⁸ being aware that, whatsoever good each one should be doing, for this he will be requited by the Lord, whether slave or free." ⁹ And, masters, be doing the same toward them, being lax in threatening, being aware that their Master as well as yours is in the heavens, and there is no partiality with Him. " ¹⁰ For the rest, brethren mine, be invigorated in the Lord and in the might of His strength." ¹¹ Put on the panoply of God, to enable you to stand up to the stratagems of the Adversary, ¹² for it is not ours to wrestle with blood and flesh, but with the sovereignties, with the authorities, with the world-mights of this darkness, with the spiritual forces of wickedness among the celestials." ¹³ Therefore take up the panoply of God that you may be enabled to withstand in the wicked day, and having effected all, to stand." ¹⁴ Stand, then, girded about your loins with truth, with the cuirass of righteousness put on." ¹⁵ and your feet sandaled with the readiness of the evangel of peace; ¹⁶ with all taking up the large shield of faith, by which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery arrows of the wicked one." ¹⁷ And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is a declaration of God." ¹⁸ During every prayer and petition be praying on every occasion (in spirit being vigilant also for it with all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints, ¹⁹ and for me), that to me expression may be granted, in the opening of my mouth with boldness, to make known the secret of the evangel, ²⁰ for which I am conducting an embassy in a chain, that in it I should be speaking boldly, as I must speak." ²¹ Now that you also may be acquainted with my affairs, and what is engaging me, all will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, ²² whom I send to you for this same thing, that you may know our concerns, and he should be consoling your hearts." ²³ Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ." ²⁴ Grace be with all who are loving our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption! Amen!

¹³ Foods for the bowels and the bowels for foods, yet God will be discarding these as well as those. Now the body is not for prostitution, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body."

⁹ Or are you not aware that the unjust shall not be enjoying the allotment of God's kingdom? Be not deceived. Neither paramours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites,

⁵ Deaden, then, your members that are on the earth: prostitution, uncleanness, passion, evil desire and greed, which is idolatry,

²⁶ For at our sinning voluntarily after obtaining the recognition of the truth, it is no longer leaving a sacrifice concerned with sins,

² An advantage were it to him if a millstone were lying about his neck and he were pitched into the sea, rather than that he should be snaring one of these little ones."

¹⁶ Now I am saying, Walk in spirit, and you should under no circumstances be consummating the lust of the flesh."

²⁵ Yet if it is in the field that the man should find the maiden who is betrothed, and the man holds her fast and lies with her, then the man who lay with her must die, he alone;" ²⁶ yet to the maiden you shall do nothing. The maiden has no sin deserving death; for as when a man rises against his associate, and he murders his soul, so is this matter. ²⁷ For he found her in the field; the maiden who is betrothed cried for help, and there was no saviour for her.

¹⁹ Now apparent are the works of the flesh, which are adultery, prostitution, uncleanness, wantonness, ²⁰ idolatry, enchantment, enmities, strife, jealousies, furies, factions, dissensions, sects, ²¹ envies, murders, drunkennesses, revelries, and the like of these, which, I am predicting to you, according as I predicted also, that those committing such things shall not be enjoying the allotment of the kingdom of God."

⁴² And whosoever should be snaring one of these little ones who are believing in Me, ideal is it for him rather if a millstone requiring an ass to turn it were lying about his neck and he were cast into the sea."

⁶ Yet whoever should be snaring one of these little ones who is believing in Me, it is expedient for him that a millstone requiring an ass to turn it may be hanged about his neck, and he should be sunk in the open ocean."