5. What biblical principles guide human sexuality?

God Himself invented sex (Genesis 1:28)! God intentionally created two persons of different gender to be in the image of God, neither inferior to the other, with the capability of sexual intimacy within the lifelong marriage of one man to one woman. Sexual expression, then, is a beautiful gift from God. He intended it to increase the spiritual, emotional, and physical bonding between husband and wife. Cohabitation of sexually active couples who are not married has no biblical support and is termed adultery or fornication.JTL19 7.1

The principle of sexual purity stands against all forms of perversions or abuses of human intimacy. This would include prostitution, extramarital sexual relations, incest, rape, sodomy, transvestitism, pedophilia, voyeurism, and sexual activity between persons of the same gender.JTL19 7.2