Hebrews 13:4

You must ◄respect/keep sacred► the marriage relationship in every way, and you must keep sexual relations [EUP] pure, because God will surely condemn those who act immorally and those who act adulterously.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

In Context

3Remember to help those who are in prison because they are Christians, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are being mistreated {whom people are mistreating} because they are believers. As you do that, consider that you you could suffer as they do.

5Live without constantly coveting money, and be content with the things you possess, remembering what Moses wrote that God has said about supplying what you need, I will never leave you, I will never stop providing for you [DOU].

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Cross References

Genesis 2:21So Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, Yahweh took out one of the man’s ribs. Then he immediately closed the opening in his body and healed it.

Leviticus 15:18When a man has sex with a woman and some semen spills, both of them must bathe, and no one should touch them until that evening.

2 Kings 22:14So Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to ◄consult/talk with► a woman whose name was Huldah, who was a prophetess who lived in the newer/northern part of Jerusalem. Her husband Shallum, son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas, took care of the robes that were worn in the temple (OR, by the king). Those five men told her about the scroll.

Psalms 50:16But I say this to the wicked people: ◄Why do you/It does not benefit you at all to► [RHQ] recite my commandments or talk about the agreement that I made with you,

Isaiah 8:3Then I had sex with [EUP] my wife, who was a prophetess, and she became pregnant and then gave birth to a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (which means ‘suddenly attacked, quickly conquered’),

1 Corinthians 5:13God is the one who will judge those who are not believers. Do as the Scriptures command: “Expel the wicked person from your midst!”

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:2-18

Various Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,… Read the whole commentary →

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