Sexual Immorality

The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it. - Proverbs 6:32

Dealing with the Temptation of Sexual Sin Recognize that you are being tempted

6 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." - Genesis 4:6-7

Dealing with the Temptation of Sexual Sin Recognize that you are being tempted Remember who you are

If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. - I Corinthians 3:17

Dealing with the Temptation of Sexual Sin Recognize that you are being tempted Remember who you are Look for the way out

12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. - I Corinthians 10:12-13

1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. - I Corinthians 7:1-2

3 The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.  - I Corinthians 7:3-4

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. - I Corinthians 7:5

6 But this I say by way of concession, not of command 6 But this I say by way of concession, not of command. 7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. - I Corinthians 7:6-7

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. - I Corinthians 7:8-9