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Question: I have friends who were virgins before they married but they did everything else but intercourse (i.e., no penetration). Did they fulfill that scripture of staying away from sexual immorality? BJ
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Unfortunately, they did not fulfill what the scripture said because in scripture the phrase "sexual immorality" refers to anything sexual (intercourse, oral, anal, petting, masturbating, etc.) because all of these activities intail personally involving the stimulation of the genitals as the primary, direct or indirect goal.
Sexual intercourse generally refers to any coming together of two people for coitus (penis into vagina) or copulation (a shared experience of a sexual nature).
The phrase "sexual immorality" or the word "fornication" translates a greek word called
porneia that literally means "doing what a whore does". In other words, whatever a prosititute practices (intercourse, oral, anal, petting, masturbating, etc.) is forbidden for unmarried folks. (By the way, in the bible
virgin only refers to women that are unmarried. It does not mean a man or a woman who has not had sexual intercourse. That part is somewhat implied)
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I ask that question because some people believe that christians should even not do heavy petting or getting to third base. They only believe that hand holding and kissing is allowed.
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That's pretty much what I hear, too because doing any of those things focuses the couple on having sex or getting themselves ready to have sex. Short kissing (not Frenching) and hand holding are probably the safest bet.
Have you heard any other opinions? I would love to hear about them.
