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…3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.4Marriageshould be honoredbyallandthemarriage bedkept undefiled,forGodwill judgethe sexually immoralandadulterers.5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”…

Treasury of Scripture

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

Marriage.

Genesis 1:27,28
So God created man in hisown image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them…

Genesis 2:21,24
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; …

Leviticus 21:13-15
And he shall take a wife in her virginity…

and the bed.

Hebrews 12:16
Lest therebe any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

1 Corinthians 6:9
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Galatians 5:19,21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which arethese; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, …

God.

Psalm 50:16-22
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, orthat thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? …

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling inhis wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the strangerfrom his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

1 Corinthians 5:13
But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

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4.to honest life;
5.to avoid covetousness;
7.to regard God's preachers;
9.to take heed of strange doctrines;
10.to confess Christ;
16.to give alms;
17.to obey governors;
18.to pray for the apostles.
20.The conclusion.

Marriage should be honored by all
Marriage is a divine institution established by God inGenesis 2:24, where a man and woman are united as one flesh. This phrase emphasizes the universal respect and sanctity that should be accorded to marriage, transcending cultural and temporal boundaries. In the biblical context, marriage is not merely a social contract but a covenant reflecting God's relationship with His people, as seen inEphesians 5:31-32. The call for all to honor marriage underscores its foundational role in society and the church, promoting stability and reflecting God's order.

and the marriage bed kept undefiled
The marriage bed symbolizes the sexual union between husband and wife, which is to remain pure and exclusive. This purity is rooted in the commandment against adultery found inExodus 20:14. The defilement of the marriage bed through sexual immorality undermines the covenantal nature of marriage and distorts the image of Christ's pure relationship with the church. In1 Corinthians 6:18-20, believers are reminded that their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, further emphasizing the need for sexual purity.

for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers
This phrase serves as a solemn warning of divine accountability. Sexual immorality, which includes fornication and adultery, is consistently condemned throughout Scripture, as seen in passages like1 Corinthians 6:9-10 andGalatians 5:19-21. The judgment of God is both a present reality and a future certainty, as He is holy and just. This warning is intended to encourage believers to live in obedience and holiness, reflecting the transformative power of the Gospel. The reference to God's judgment also serves as a reminder of the eschatological hope and the ultimate restoration of all things in Christ.

1.Author of Hebrews
Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes to Jewish Christians, encouraging them to remain faithful to Christ.

2.Jewish Christians
The primary audience of the letter, who were facing persecution and were tempted to revert to Judaism.

3.Marriage
A sacred institution established by God, emphasized here as deserving honor and purity.

4.Sexually Immoral and Adulterers
Individuals who engage in sexual relations outside the bounds of marriage, which the scripture warns will face God's judgment.

5.God's Judgment
The divine evaluation and consequence for actions, particularly concerning sexual immorality and adultery.Honor in Marriage
Marriage is a divine institution that should be respected and upheld by all believers. It reflects the relationship between Christ and the Church.

Purity in the Marriage Bed
The marriage bed should remain undefiled, meaning that sexual relations are reserved for the marriage covenant alone. This purity is a reflection of faithfulness and commitment.

Consequences of Sexual Immorality
God’s judgment on sexual immorality and adultery serves as a warning to maintain moral integrity. Believers are called to live in a way that honors God’s design for sexuality.

Community Responsibility
The call to honor marriage is not just for married individuals but for the entire Christian community. Supporting and upholding the sanctity of marriage is a collective responsibility.

Reflecting Christ’s Love
In marriage, believers have the opportunity to reflect Christ’s sacrificial love and commitment. This serves as a powerful testimony to the world.1.What is the meaning of Hebrews 13:4?

2.How does Hebrews 13:4 define the sanctity of marriage for believers today?

3.What actions can honor marriage as "held in honor by all"?

4.How does Hebrews 13:4 connect with Genesis 2:24 on marital unity?

5.Why is sexual purity important according to Hebrews 13:4 and 1 Corinthians 6:18?

6.How can we practically uphold marriage as "undefiled" in our daily lives?

7.How does Hebrews 13:4 define the sanctity of marriage in a modern context?

8.Why does Hebrews 13:4 emphasize the judgment of the sexually immoral and adulterers?

9.How does Hebrews 13:4 align with historical views on marriage?

10.What are the top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 13?

11.What does "marriage bed undefiled" mean?

12.What does 'marriage bed undefiled' mean?

13.Is anal sex considered a sin in the Bible?

14.Is it wrong for Christians to wear lingerie?Marriage should be honored by all

“Marriage should be honored by all…” (Hebrews 13:4a)

• God Himself instituted marriage inGenesis 2:24, where “a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”

• Jesus reaffirmed this design inMatthew 19:4–6, adding, “What God has joined together, let man not separate.”

• Because marriage pictures Christ’s relationship with His church (Ephesians 5:31–32), every believer—married or single—treats it with reverence.

• Honoring marriage means:

– speaking of it with respect, not cynicism

– supporting couples in their vows

– teaching children the beauty of covenant commitment

– refusing to normalize divorce or cohabitation as equal alternatives

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and the marriage bed kept undefiled

“…and the marriage bed kept undefiled…” (Hebrews 13:4b)

• God designed sexual intimacy exclusively for husband and wife (Proverbs 5:18–19;1 Corinthians 7:2–5).

• “Flee from sexual immorality” (1 Corinthians 6:18–20) applies inside as well as outside marriage—pornography, emotional affairs, and any form of exploitation defile the bed.

•1 Thessalonians 4:3–5 underscores the call to “holiness and honor” rather than “passionate lust.”

• Practical safeguards:

– cultivate open communication about temptations

– set wise boundaries with media and friendships

– prioritize mutual affection and time together

– seek counsel quickly when trust is threatened

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for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers

“…for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.” (Hebrews 13:4c)

• God’s judgment is certain and personal: “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:10).

• Sexual sin is singled out because it uniquely profanes the “one flesh” covenant (Malachi 2:14–16;1 Corinthians 6:15–16).

• Scripture warns that “the sexually immoral… will not inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 6:9–10) and that “the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars” face the “lake that burns with fire” (Revelation 21:8).

• Yet grace is available: “Such were some of you, but you were washed… in the name of the Lord Jesus” (1 Corinthians 6:11). Repentance restores fellowship and purity.

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summary

Hebrews 13:4 calls every believer to treasure God’s gift of marriage, protect the purity of marital intimacy, and remember the Lord’s righteous judgment. Honoring marriage blesses families, strengthens the church, and shines a countercultural witness to a world desperate for steadfast love.

(4)Marriage is honourable in all.--Rather,Let marriage be held in honour among all, and let the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge. The precept is directed against impurity (Hebrews 12:16), and also against the false asceticism of men "forbidding to marry" (1Timothy 4:3). The laxity of morals among Gentiles (Note onActs 15:20) and the prevalence of divorce amongst Jews (Matthew 5:32) explain the sudden introduction of such warnings: of these sinners the all-seeing God will be the judge. (Comp.1Thessalonians 4:6.)

Verse 4. -Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. So in the A.V. the first clause of this verse, which is taken as an assertion, the copulaἔστι, being understood. So it is also taken by Chrysostom and other ancients. If so, it is a declaration, interposed among hortations, of the honorableness of the" estate of matrimony," with the hortatory purpose of suggesting this "remedy against sin "(as in1 Corinthians 7:9), or as a protest against false asceticism, such as is alluded to in1 Timothy 4:3, "forbidding to marry." And certainly the expression,τίμιος ὁ γάμος, taken by itself, would most naturally have this meaning. But most modern commentators understand it as an exhortation, supplyingἔστω; and this for the following cogent reasons: it occurs in the midst of a series of exhortations, and is therefore more likely to be one; it is difficult to understand the connected clause, "and the bed undefiled (καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος)," as a statement; and the exactly similar phrase in ver. 5,ἀφιλάργυρος ὁ τρόπος, seems evidently hortatory. Hence we take it to mean "Let marriagebeτίμος ἐν πᾶσον." Two questions remain - that of the import ofτίμιος, and whetherπᾶσιν is masculine or neuter.Τίμιος elsewhere, when applied to persons, means "held in honor" (as inActs 5:34, of Gamaliel); when applied to things, it means "precious" (as in1 Corinthians 3:12;Revelation 17:4;Revelation 18:12, 16;Revelation 21:19, of precious stones; in1 Peter 1:19, of the blood of the Lamb;2 Peter 1:4, of promises;Acts 20:24, of "my own life;"James 5:7, of the fruit of the earth). Bengel explains thus: "Caelibes, quibus periculum scortationis imminet, hortatur ut matrimonium contrahant, tanquampretiosum quiddam agnoscentes, ejusque bone digne utantur. Conf.1 Thessalonians 4:4.' And, takingπᾶσιν as masculine, he explains further: "Omnesque debent matrimonium magni facere, ut, si quis eo ipse non utatur, alios tamen non prohibeat." According to this view the first clause is an injunction to all to appreciate marriage, the second warns those that are married against any violation of the bond: "Τίμιος γάμος antitheton ad scortatotes,κοίτη ἀμίαντος ad adulteros" (Bengel). But the more natural, and the usual, meaning of the common expressionἐν πᾶσιν is "in all things," not "among all persons" (cf.Jaffa, ver. 18; alsoColossians 1:18;Titus 2:9;1 Timothy 3:2;2 Timothy 4:5). If so here,τίμιος ὁ γάμος must be taken rather as an injunction with respect to the sanctity of marriage when contracted: "Let it be held in honor in all respects; in all ways reverently regarded as a holy bond;" the succeeding clause,ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος, being a further explication of the same idea (cf.1 Thessalonians 4:4, "That every one of you should know how to possess his own vessel [meaning, probably, as seems to be required by the verbκτᾶσθαι, 'get to himself his ownwife] in sanctification andhonor (ἐν ἀγιασμῷ καὶτιμῇ);" whereἐν τιμῇ may express the same ides asτίμιος in the text). 'In the conclusion of the verse "for" (γὰρ) suits the drift of the sentence as above understood, and is considered to be supported better than "but" (δὲ) of the Textus Receptus. Observe, lastly, that, in "God will judge," "God" is emphatic, being placed last. Though the kind of sin spoken of is lightly regarded among men, and may escape detection or punishment now, yet certainlyGod will judge it (cf.1 Thessalonians 4:6, "God is the Avenger of all such, as we have also forewarned you and testified;" and1 Corinthians 6:9, where fornicators and adulterers are included among those about whom Christians are not to deceive themselves, as though they would "inherit the kingdom of God").

Parallel Commentaries ...


Marriage
γάμος(gamos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1062:A marriage, wedding, wedding-ceremony; plur: a wedding-feast. Of uncertain affinity; nuptials.

should be honored
Τίμιος(Timios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5093:Of great price, precious, honored.

by
ἐν(en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722:In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

all
πᾶσιν(pasin)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956:All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

and
καὶ(kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532:And, even, also, namely.

the
ἡ(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588:The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

marriage bed
κοίτη(koitē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2845:From keimai; a couch; by extension, cohabitation; by implication, the male sperm.

kept undefiled,
ἀμίαντος(amiantos)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 283:Undefiled, untainted, free from contamination. Unsoiled, i.e. pure.

for
γὰρ(gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063:For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

God
Θεός(Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316:A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

will judge
κρινεῖ(krinei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2919:Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.

the sexually immoral
πόρνους(pornous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4205:A fornicator, man who prostitutes himself. From pernemi; a prostitute, i.e. a debauchee.

and
καὶ(kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532:And, even, also, namely.

adulterers.
μοιχοὺς(moichous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3432:An adulterer, that is, a man who is guilty with a married woman. Perhaps a primary word; a paramour; figuratively, apostate.


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