To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than
to burn with passion.
–1 Corinthians 7:8-9 (NIV)–

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David, Bathsheba, and Nathan // Samson, Delilah, and the Philistines // Joseph, Potiphar’s Wife, and Potiphar // Amnon, Tamar, and Absalom // Judah and Tamar // The men of Sodom // The men of Gibeah and the Levite’s concubine // The Benjamites and the women of Shiloh // Reuben and Bilhah // Lot and his daughters // The Israelites and the Moabite women // Zimri and Cozbi // Herod Antipas and Herodias // The man and his father’s wife at Corinth // The unnamed woman at the well // The woman caught in adultery // The harlot Rahab // Hosea and Gomer // The adulterous woman in Proverbs 7 // The false prophet Balaam and Israel // The woman Jezebel in Revelation 2 // The prodigal son — narratives that illustrate the sin of fornication. No Greek word translation rhetoric needed.