Adultery in the new testament

Adultery is mentioned several times in the New Testament, primarily in the context of Jesus' teachings on marriage and divorce, as well as in the accounts of the lives of early Christian leaders. Here are some key passages:

1. Matthew 5:27-28 - Jesus teaches that adultery is a sin and that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery in their heart.

"And if your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."

2. Matthew 19:3-9 - Jesus is asked about divorce and responds by saying that adultery is a reason for divorce, but that it is not the only reason. He also teaches that marriage is a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman.

"Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?' 'Haven't you read,' he replied, 'that at the beginning the Creator "made them male and female," and said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh"? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.'"

3. Mark 10:11-12 - Jesus teaches that adultery is a reason for divorce, but that it is not the only reason. He also teaches that marriage is a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman.

"Jesus replied, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery.'"

4. 1 Corinthians 6:13-20 - The apostle Paul writes that the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit and that sexual immorality, including adultery, is a sin that can lead to spiritual death.

"Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against their own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."

5. Hebrews 13:4 - The author of Hebrews writes that marriage is a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman, and that adultery is a sin that can lead to spiritual death.

"Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral."

In summary, the New Testament teaches that adultery is a sin that can lead to spiritual death, and that marriage is a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman.