Bible verses about "promiscuity" | Moffatt

¹⁴ Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;" ¹⁵ others said, "It is Elijah," others again, "It is a prophet, like one of the old prophets." ¹⁶ But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded." ¹⁷ For this Herod had sent and arrested John and bound him in prison on account of his marriage to Herodias the wife of his brother Philip; ¹⁸ John had told Herod, "You have no right to your brother's wife." ¹⁹ Herodias had a grudge against him; she wanted him killed but she could not manage it, ²⁰ for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing he was a just and holy man; so he protected John — he was greatly exercised when he listened to him, still he was glad to listen to him. ²¹ Then came a holiday, when Herod held a feast on his birthday for his chief officials and generals and the notables of Galilee. ²² The daughter of Herodias went in and danced to them, and Herod and his guests were so delighted that the king said to the girl, "Ask anything you like and I will give you it." ²³ He swore to her, "I will give you whatever you want, were it the half of my realm." ²⁴ So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" "John the Baptizer's head," she answered. ²⁵ Then she hurried in at once and asked the king, saying, "I want you to give me this very moment John the Baptist's head on a dish." ²⁶ The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her; ²⁷ so the king at once sent one of the guard with orders to bring his head. The man went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸ brought his head on a dish, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. ²⁹ When his disciples heard of it they went and fetched his body and laid it in a tomb.

¹ To his disciples he said, "It is inevitable that hindrances should come, but woe to the man by whom they come; ² it would be well for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be flung into the sea, rather than prove a hindrance to one of these little ones!

¹³ let us live decorously as in the open light of day — no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy.

¹⁹ Do you not know your body is the temple of the holy Spirit within you — the Spirit you have received from God? You are not your own,

²⁸ But I tell you, any one who even looks with lust at a woman has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

³ Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you — that is the proper course for saints to take;

¹⁹ Do you not know your body is the temple of the holy Spirit within you — the Spirit you have received from God? You are not your own, ²⁰ you were bought for a price; then glorify God with your body.

⁹ What! do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Realm of God? Make no mistake about it; neither the immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor catamites nor sodomites ¹⁰ nor thieves nor the lustful nor the drunken nor the abusive nor robbers will inherit the Realm of God.

²² So shun the lusts of youth and aim at integrity, faith, love and peace, in the company of those who invoke the Lord out of a pure heart.

⁸ To the unmarried and to widows I would say this: it is an excellent thing if like me they remain as they are. ⁹ Still, if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry. Better marry than be aflame with passion!

¹³ No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

¹⁹ Now the deeds of the flesh are quite obvious, such as sexual vice, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰ idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit, ²¹ envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God.

¹⁸ Shun immorality! Any other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his body.