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Negiah (Hebrew: נגיעה), In english: "touch", is the concept in Jewish law that forbids or restricts sensual physical contact with a member of the opposite sex except for one's spouse, outside the niddah period, and certain close relatives to whom one is presumed not to have sexual attraction.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 27 was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. The World English Bible translates the passage as: 27 "You have heard that it was said,
For Evangelicals, virginity before marriage is very important. [184] True Love Waits was founded in 1993 by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. [185] The aim is to educate young Christians about the benefits of sexual abstinence before marriage with the purity pledge. [186]
In traditional forms of Christianity, courtship follows a betrothal and concludes with the celebration of marriage. Christian art depicting the betrothal of Joseph the Carpenter and the Virgin Mary. Christian courtship, also known as Biblical courtship, is the traditional Christian practice of individuals in approaching "the prospect of ...
The law of chastity states that God approves of sexual activity only between a man and a woman who are married.” [8] Youth are also taught "Outside of marriage between a man and a woman, it is wrong to touch the private, sacred parts of another person’s body even if clothed. In your choices about what you do, look at, read, listen to, think ...
Matthew 5:30 is the thirtieth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Part of the section on adultery, it is very similar to the previous verse, but with the hand mentioned instead of the eye. For a discussion of the radicalism of these verses see Matthew 5:29.
In Rabbinic Judaism, the woman undergoing this ritual was called a sotah (Hebrew: שוטה [1] / סוטה, "strayer"). The term sotah itself is not found in the Hebrew Bible but is Mishnaic Hebrew based on the verse "if she has strayed" (verb: שטה satah) in Numbers 5:12. [2] [3] The ordeal is discussed in the Sotah tractate of the Talmud.
Marriage is a divine institution that can never be broken, even if the husband or wife legally divorce in the civil courts; as long as they are both alive, the Church considers them bound together by God. Holy Matrimony is another name for sacramental marriage. Marriage is intended to be a faithful, exclusive, lifelong union of a man and a woman.