FORNICATION

(See also Adultery; Bestiality; Immorality [Sexual]; Living Together; Moral Breakdown; Porneia; Premarital Sex)

abstinence pledges: g 2/07 20

avoiding: w13 5/15 28-30; g 9/09 8; w08 4/15 13-14; w08 12/15 9; yp2 48-49, 51-54; g04 7/22 12-14; g04 8/22 16-18; w00 9/15 27-28; w00 11/1 12-17; w99 9/1 12-13; w96 6/15 19-20; w95 3/1 16-17; w93 4/15 16-17; w89 11/1 12-15; pe 218-224; yp 181-197; g87 11/22 19-20; w86 1/1 12-14; w86 10/1 11; g86 4/22 10-12

casual sex: yp1 183-187

fleeing from: g 9/13 5; w08 6/15 10; w08 7/15 27; w04 2/15 12-14; w01 6/15 16-17; w93 4/15 16-17

helping youths avoid: pe 248-249; w88 4/15 4-7

invitations to “hook up”: g 3/07 26-29

not toying with immorality: g94 3/22 16-18

role of meditation: w10 11/15 9; w97 7/15 17-18

value of: yp 181-191

Bible view: it-1 349-350, 862-864; g 9/13 4-5; w07 4/1 5-6; w00 11/1 8; rq 20; kl 122-123; pe 109-110, 129; rs 188; tp 144-147

value in first century: g90 6/8 6

clergy view of: w97 1/15 20; w96 7/1 6; w87 10/15 3-4

contributing factors: w93 2/15 14-16

divorce for: it-1 53-54, 642-643; fy 158-159

effects: yp1 173-175, 177; w07 4/1 5-6; w06 6/15 29; g04 7/22 13-14; kl 122-123; rs 188; tp 145-147

hardening of heart: w86 4/1 25

“encroach upon the rights of his brother” (1Th 4:6): it-1 863-864; g 11/06 29; w02 6/15 20-21; g00 4/22 14; w89 11/15 31; tp 144-146

experiences:

Bible counsel helps repentant Bible student: g86 8/22 21-22

classmate asks what fornication is: w06 12/15 10

girl raised by Witness parents: w11 11/1 3, 9

interviews with youths: yp2 283-286; g 11/07 27-28

Witness girl refuses: w00 1/1 16

grounds for removal from the congregation: it-1 863; w06 7/15 29-30

Israel in wilderness: w01 6/15 16-17; w96 6/15 19

Baal of Peor: w08 4/15 13-14; w95 3/1 16-17

Law covenant: it-1 863; it-2 1158

seduced virgin: it-1 494; w89 11/15 31

wife accused of: it-1 271-272, 494; it-2 234, 341-343

meaning of term: it-1 642, 862; yp2 43; g 3/07 26; w06 7/15 29; g 11/06 28; g04 7/22 12-13; w00 11/1 8; w99 9/1 12-13; w93 2/15 13; jv 174; tp 144

‘not to be mentioned’ (Eph 5:3): ijwbq article 59; it-1 863

promotion by false religion: re 262

“sinning against his own body” (1Co 6:18): it-1 863; it-2 970; g 10/09 29; g92 3/22 22; rs 188

spiritual fornication:

avoiding: it-1 349-350

Babylon the Great: it-1 240, 864; re 207-208, 235-238, 240, 243-245, 261-263, 272; sh 370; w89 4/15 3-4, 8, 10-12; w88 12/15 21

illustrated in Hosea’s wife: w18.12 13; it-1 1147; w05 11/15 17-19, 25; si 144-145

Israel (ancient): it-1 864

trial marriage: tp 145

view that only those having multiple partners are fornicators: w06 1/1 9

what to do if one has almost fallen into: g94 3/22 18

why dating can lead to: yp 193-194, 196-197; w86 8/1 13-14; g86 4/22 11-12

Witness view: jv 173-175