¹⁸ The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

¹⁵ And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.

⁴ `Let' marriage `be' had in honor among all, and `let' the bed `be' undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

²² after righteousness, faith, love, pace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

³ For this is the will of God, `even' your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

⁴ that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

⁵ not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

³ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

⁴ nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

⁵ For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

⁶ Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

⁷ Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

⁸ For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

⁹ (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

¹⁰ proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

¹¹ and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

¹⁷ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,

¹⁸ being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

¹⁹ who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

¹² All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

⁴ And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

⁵ And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy?

⁵ And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

¹¹ Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;