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== Fornication ==
== Fornication ==


The word [[fornication]] appears mostly in the New Testament used by Paul. The Greek word is ''porneia''es(πορνεία)<Ref>{{4202}}</Ref>  which can mean "illicit sexual intercourse" but is also a [[metaphor]] describing "the worship of [[idols]]". We know that the [[worship]] of [[idols]] and [[idolatry]] often had to do with membership in one of the temples and that these ''[[temples]]'' provided a variety of ''government services'' including the [[free bread]] of [[Rome]] and other [[welfare]] services including recordkeeping to determine who was eligible for those services of the Roman or other governments.
The word [[fornication]] appears mostly in the New Testament used by Paul. The Greek word is ''porneia''es(πορνεία)<Ref>{{4202}}</Ref>  which can mean "illicit sexual intercourse" but is also a [[metaphor]] describing "the worship of [[idols]]". We know that the [[worship]] of [[idols]] and [[idolatry]] often had to do with membership in one of the temples and that these ''[[temples]]'' provided a variety of ''government services'' including the [[free bread]] of [[Rome]] and other [[welfare]] services including record keeping to determine who was eligible for those services of the Roman or other governments.


There is also the verb ''porneuo'' (πορνεύω) <Ref>{{4203}}</Ref> which we see in several verses which can mean "to prostitute one’s body" but is also a metaphor for "to be given to [[idolatry]], to [[worship]] [[idols]]".
There is also the verb ''porneuo'' (πορνεύω) <Ref>{{4203}}</Ref> which we see in several verses which can mean "to prostitute one’s body" but is also a metaphor for "to be given to [[idolatry]], to [[worship]] [[idols]]".


Even the word ''porne'' (πόρνη)<Ref>{{4204}}</Ref>can mean "a woman who sells her body for sexual uses" but is also a metaphor for "an [[idolatry|idolatress]]" and even "[[Babylon]]" i.e. [[Rome]], the chief seat of [[idolatry]] sometimes associated with [[Balaam]].
Even the word ''porne'' (πόρνη)<Ref>{{4204}}</Ref>can mean "a woman who sells her body for sexual uses" but is also a metaphor for "an [[idolatry|idolatress]]" and even "[[Babylon]]" i.e. [[Rome]], the chief seat of [[idolatry]] sometimes associated with [[Balaam]].

Revision as of 23:58, 5 February 2023

The free bread of Rome doled out to the members of the temples was at the heart of the Christian conflict. Christ forbid us to be like the Benefactors of the world who exercised authority nor should we eat at their table which Paul and David told us was a snare. Such systems were covetous practices that would make us merchandise and curse children. Living by force is not the same as living by faith. Repenting meant we could not think like the Pharisees and live by their Corban. To eat the things sacrificed to these idolatrous systems was fornication and if we would become accustomed to living at the expense of others like the Romans we would become perfect savages too.


Fornication

The word fornication appears mostly in the New Testament used by Paul. The Greek word is porneiaes(πορνεία)[1] which can mean "illicit sexual intercourse" but is also a metaphor describing "the worship of idols". We know that the worship of idols and idolatry often had to do with membership in one of the temples and that these temples provided a variety of government services including the free bread of Rome and other welfare services including record keeping to determine who was eligible for those services of the Roman or other governments.

There is also the verb porneuo (πορνεύω) [2] which we see in several verses which can mean "to prostitute one’s body" but is also a metaphor for "to be given to idolatry, to worship idols".

Even the word porne (πόρνη)[3]can mean "a woman who sells her body for sexual uses" but is also a metaphor for "an idolatress" and even "Babylon" i.e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry sometimes associated with Balaam.

  1. ↑ 4202 ~πορνεία~ porneia \@por-ni’-ah\@ from 4203; TDNT-6:579,918; {See TDNT 654} n f AV-fornication 26; 26
    1) illicit sexual intercourse
    1a) adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.
    1b) sexual intercourse with close relatives; #Le 18:6-23
    1c) sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; #Mr 10:11,12
    2) metaph. the worship of idols
    2a) of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols
    • See as metaphors: 4202 n porneia "worship of idols", 4203 v porneuo "given to idolatry", 4204 n porne "Idolatry", 4205 n pornos from v piprasko 4097 a bribed to become the merchandise of another.
    • Benson Commentary states : "The original word, πορνεια, implies criminal conversation of any kind whatever; and is used by the LXX., and by the writers of the New Testament, in the latitude which its correspondent word hath in the Hebrew language, namely, to denote all the different kinds of uncleanness committed, whether between men and women, or between men, or with beasts. Accordingly it is used in the plural number, chap. 1 Corinthians 7:2. Here the word signifies incest joined with adultery, the woman’s husband being still living, as appears from 2 Corinthians 7:12. In the Old Testament whoredom sometimes signifies idolatry, because the union of the Israelites with God as their king being represented by God himself as a marriage, their giving themselves up to idolatry was considered as adultery."
  2. ↑ 4203 ~πορνεύω~ porneuo \@porn-yoo’-o\@ from 4204; TDNT-6:579,918; {See TDNT 654} v AV-commit fornication 7, commit 1; 8
    1) to prostitute one’s body to the lust of another
    2) to give one’s self to unlawful sexual intercourse
    2a) to commit fornication
    3) metaph. to be given to idolatry, to worship idols
    3a) to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry
  3. ↑ 4204 ~πόρνη~ porne \@por’-nay\@ from 4205; TDNT-6:579,918; {See TDNT 654} n f AV-harlot 8, whore 4; 12
    1) a woman who sells her body for sexual uses
    1a) a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain
    1b) any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust
    2) metaph. an idolatress
    2a) of "Babylon" i.e. Rome, the chief seat of idolatry
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