Quiz: 1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Questions

1. What is sexual immorality?
2. What is fornication?
3. What are some examples of sexual immorality”
4. What are you commanded to do with sexual immorality?
5. What does “flee” mean, exactly?
6. How do you flee sexual immorality?
7. What is one reason you are to flee sexual immorality?

Answers

1. Sexual immorality is any act that defies God’s commands about sexual relations.
2. Fornication is simply another word for sexual immorality. It is archaic, and rarely used today.
3. Sexual immorality includes sex outside of marriage, sex with animals, sex with children, sex with close family members, viewing pornography, and masturbating.
4. You are commanded to fee sexual immorality.
5. To flee means to run away from, to escape, to shun.
6. When you first see a pornographic image, avoid it. When you start to lust, shun it. When you are tempted to sin sexually, run away. You flee sexual immorality by switching TV channels, turning off the TV set, walking out of a movie, crossing the street, hitting the back button on your browser, closing the lid on your laptop, deleting that app on your phone, bouncing your eyes in the mall, and walking out of a room.
7. You are to flee sexual immorality because you sin against your own body when you commit sexual immorality.