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To: firebrand

The Greek in Matthew is “porneia” which includes, but is not limited to fornication. A better translation is “impurity,” which encompasses sexual impropriety in general, including improper consent to the marriage and its consummation.


135 posted on 03/04/2009 10:26:28 PM PST by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: Philo-Junius

Interesting. Sounds a little too sweeping to me, though.


145 posted on 03/06/2009 4:59:03 PM PST by firebrand
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