Hebrews 13:4

KJV

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

— Hebrews 13:4, King James Version
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Study Note

'Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous' — the verse stands as one of the clearest New Testament affirmations of marriage as a divine institution deserving communal honor, likely against ascetic tendencies in the community addressed. The word 'undefiled' (amiantos) in Hebrews is reserved for things of the highest purity: Jesus's high priesthood (7:26) and true religion (James 1:27) — placing the sanctified marriage bed in the same category of inviolable purity. The threat of divine judgment on sexual immorality (pornous) and adultery (moichous) grounds the positive command in eschatological accountability rather than social convention alone. The verse has been central in Christian discussions of sexual ethics, particularly in contexts of ascetic deprecation of marriage and in modern debates about sexuality and covenant faithfulness.

Outras Traduções

ASV

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

YLT

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

BBE

Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

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