Song of Solomon 4:9-5:1

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⁹You have captivated my heart, my ^(A)sister, my bride;
    you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
    with one ^(B)jewel of your necklace.
¹⁰How beautiful is your love, my ^(C)sister, my bride!
    How much ^(D)better is your love than wine,
    and ^(E)the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
¹¹Your ^(F)lips drip nectar, my bride;
    ^(G)honey and milk are under your tongue;
    the fragrance of your garments is ^(H)like the fragrance of ^(I)Lebanon.
¹²A garden locked is my ^(J)sister, my bride,
    a spring locked, ^(K)a fountain ^(L)sealed.
¹³Your shoots are ^(M)an orchard of pomegranates
    with all ^(N)choicest fruits,
    ^(O)henna with ^(P)nard,
¹⁴nard and saffron, ^(Q)calamus and ^(R)cinnamon,
    with all trees of ^(S)frankincense,
^(T)myrrh and ^(U)aloes,
    with all ^(V)choice spices—
¹⁵a garden fountain, a well of ^(W)living water,
    and flowing streams from ^(X)Lebanon.

¹⁶Awake, O north wind,
and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my ^(Y)garden,
let its spices flow.

Together in the Garden of Love

She

^(Z)Let my beloved come to his ^(AA)garden,
and eat its ^(AB)choicest fruits.

He

5 I ^(AC)came to my garden, my ^(AD)sister, my bride,
    I gathered my ^(AE)myrrh with my spice,
    I ate my ^(AF)honeycomb with my honey,
    I ^(AG)drank my wine with my milk.

Others

Eat, ^(AH)friends, drink,
and be drunk with love!

Matthew 5:27-30

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Lust

²⁷^(A)“You have heard that it was said, ^(B)‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ²⁸But I say to you that ^(C)everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹^(D)If your right eye ^(E)causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into ^(F)hell. ³⁰^(G)And if your right hand ^(H)causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into ^(I)hell.

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1 Corinthians 6:12-20

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Flee Sexual Immorality

¹²^(A)“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. ¹³^(B)“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one ^(C)and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but ^(D)for the Lord, and ^(E)the Lord for the body. ¹⁴And ^(F)God raised the Lord and ^(G)will also raise us up ^(H)by his power. ¹⁵Do you not know that ^(I)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶Or do you not know that he who is joined^[a] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, ^(J)“The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷But he who is joined to the Lord ^(K)becomes one spirit with him. ¹⁸^(L)Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin^[b] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person ^(M)sins against his own body. ¹⁹Or ^(N)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^(O)You are not your own, ²⁰^(P)for you were bought with a price. ^(Q)So glorify God in your body.