⁷ “‘Do not dishonor your father^(A) by having sexual relations with your mother.^(B) She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

⁸ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;^(C) that would dishonor your father.^(D)

⁹ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister,^(E) either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.^(F)

¹⁰ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.

¹¹ “‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

¹² “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister;^(G) she is your father’s close relative.

¹³ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister,^(H) because she is your mother’s close relative.

¹⁴ “‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.^(I)

¹⁵ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law.^(J) She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.^(K)

¹⁶ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;^(L) that would dishonor your brother.

¹⁷ “‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.^(M) Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

¹⁸ “‘Do not take your wife’s sister^(N) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

¹⁹ “‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness^(O) of her monthly period.^(P)

²⁰ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife^(Q) and defile yourself with her.

²¹ “‘Do not give any of your children^(R) to be sacrificed to Molek,^(S) for you must not profane the name of your God.^(T) I am the Lord.^(U)

²² “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman;^(V) that is detestable.^(W)

²³ “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.^(X)

¹⁰ “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife^(A)—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.^(B)

¹¹ “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father.^(C) Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.^(D)

¹² “‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law,^(E) both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.

¹³ “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.^(F) They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

¹⁴ “‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother,^(G) it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire,^(H) so that no wickedness will be among you.^(I)

¹⁵ “‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal,^(J) he is to be put to death,^(K) and you must kill the animal.

¹⁶ “‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

¹⁷ “‘If a man marries his sister^(L), the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed^(M) from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.^(N)

¹⁸ “‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period,^(O) he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.^(P)

¹⁹ “‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father,^(Q) for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.

²⁰ “‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt,^(R) he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.^(S)

²¹ “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife,^(T) it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.^(U)

¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.^(A)

Adultery

²⁷ “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’^{[a](A) 28} But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.^(B)

¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.^(A)

²⁶ Because of this, God gave them over^(A) to shameful lusts.^(B) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.^{(C) 27} In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.^(D)

⁹ Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?^(A) Do not be deceived:^(B) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers^(C) nor men who have sex with men^{[a](D) 10} nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers^(E) will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And that is what some of you were.^(F) But you were washed,^(G) you were sanctified,^(H) you were justified^(I) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Sexual Immorality

¹² “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.^(J) “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. ¹³ You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”^(K) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,^(L) and the Lord for the body.