Marriage (Long post)

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At 08:41 PM 3/7/97 +0000, you wrote:

>The "loophole" isn't in what Jesus said, it's how people are 
>interpreting it now days.  Jesus said except for the cause of 
>"fornication".  My dictionary says that "fornication" is any immoral 
>sexual act that is not deemed "adultery".  Now, I'll be the first to 
>admit I'm not very good at debating an issue.  I've probably been 
>doing a poor job at explaining my position on this so I'll take my 
>time and go through it as best as I can.  I know I said I was going 
>to drop it earlier, so please bear with me.

Is that a Bible dictionary, or a Webster Dictionary? I've got two Bible
dictionary's, and here's what they say.

_Vines Dictionary_

FORNICATION, FORNICATOR 

	A. Nouns.
	1. porneia ^4202^ is used (a) of "illicit sexual intercourse," in <John
8:41; Acts 15:20,29; 21:25; 1 Cor. 5:1; 6:13,18; 2 Cor. 12:21; Gal. 5:19;
Eph. 5:3; Col. 3:5; 1 Thes. 4:3; Rev. 2:21; 9:21>; in the plural in <1 Cor.
7:2>; in <Matt. 5:32> and <19:9> it stands for, or includes, adultery; it
is distinguished from it in <15:19> and <Mark 7:21>; (b) metaphorically, of
"the association of pagan idolatry with doctrines of, and professed
adherence to, the Christian faith," <Rev. 14:8; 17:2,4; 18:3; 19:2>; some
suggest this as the sense in <2:21>.#
	2. pornos ^4205^ denotes "a man who indulges in fornication, a
fornicator," <1 Cor. 5:9,10,11; 6:9; Eph. 5:5>, RV; <1 Tim. 1:10>, RV;
<Heb. 12:16; 13:4>, RV; <Rev. 21:8> and <22:15>, RV (KJV, "whoremonger").#
	B. Verbs.
	1. porneuo ^4203^ "to commit fornication," is used (a) literally, <Mark
10:19; 1 Cor. 6:18; 10:8; Rev. 2:14,20>, see (a) and (b) above; (b)
metaphorically, <Rev. 17:2; 18:3,9>.#
	2. ekporneuo ^1608^, a strengthened form of No. 1 (ek, used intensively),
"to give oneself up to fornication," implying excessive indulgence, <Jude 7>.#
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
(Copyright (C) 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


_Strongs Dictionary_

4202  porneia (por-ni'-ah);

from 4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry: 

KJV-- fornication.


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