Premarital Purity Covenant

 The Bible says a great deal about sex outside of marriage. Before you read the following passages, it is important to know that any time the Bible uses the words, “sexual immorality,” it includes sex, of any kind, before marriage. After reading these verses we ask you to consider signing below that you will commit to staying sexually pure from now until your wedding night. These verses are not meant to offend, but simply to inform you of Godʼs expectations. God places a high value on sex and gave it to us as a gift to procreate and to bring enjoyment to our marriages. It may be helpful to find a trusted friend who will keep you accountable to your decision. 

“You are to abstain from...sexual immorality.” (Acts 15:29) 

“So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.” (Romans 13:12-13) 

“But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral.” (1 Corinthians 5:11) 

“The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.” (1 Corinthians 6:13) 

“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.” (1 Corinthians 6:18)

“We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did.” (1 Corinthians 10:8)

 “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery.” (Galatians 5:16 &19) 

“But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for Godʼs holy people.” (Ephesians 5:3) 

“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.” (Colossians 3:5-6) 

“It is Godʼs will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God.” (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5) 

“Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” (Hebrews 13:4)

 “In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.” (Jude 7) 

“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all the liars-their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.” (Revelation 21:8)

 Based on our commitment to Christ and what the Bible has to say, we agree to stay sexually pure from now until our wedding night.