FORNICATION
Single people who wish to satisfy their sexual appetites may marry. Otherwise, such activity is "fornication" (1 Cor. 7:2).
When a married person has sexual relations with someone other than a spouse, in addition to committing adultery, they have committed fornication -- the latter term embracing the former (Mt. 5:32; 19:9). Jesus taught that the only valid reason for a divorce and subsequent remarriage is when one marriage partner commits fornication against their innocent victim.
Homosexual conduct is also fornication, as Jude 7 clearly indicates.
The rebellious fornicator is subject to church discipline (1 Cor. 5), and those who persist in this sin cannot enter heaven (1 Cor. 6:9-10). Sometimes the term "fornication" is used symbolically to denote apostasy from the faith (Rev. 17:2; 19:2).
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