What does the Bible say about the man and woman facing each other during sex?<\/p>\n\t
To be sure we are on the same page, the Bible specifies that sex is to be limited to a husband and wife. “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge<\/em>” (Hebrews 13:4). The Greek word, nicely translated as “bed” in this passage refers to the act of sexual intercourse. “Fornication” is any sexual activity that takes place outside the bonds of a marriage covenant. “Adultery” is a sexual activity with someone who is not your spouse.<\/p>\n Sexual positions are not directly mentioned in the Scriptures. Obviously, though, from the way men and women are physically made the most common or natural position is one where the husband and wife face each other. However, there is no reason to conclude that it must be limited to that position.<\/p>\n “Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices<\/em>” (Song of Solomon 8:14).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: What does the Bible say about the man and woman facing each other during sex? Answer: To be sure we are on the same page, the Bible specifies that sex is to be limited to a husband and wife. “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-11802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-sex"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1779,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-a-woman-deny-her-husband-sex\/","url_meta":{"origin":11802,"position":0},"title":"Should a woman deny her husband sex?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 11, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Should a woman deny her husband sex? Answer: \"Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":772,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-spousal-rape-constitute-fornication\/","url_meta":{"origin":11802,"position":1},"title":"Does spousal rape constitute fornication?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does spousal rape constitute fornication, or sexual immorality, thus giving grounds for divorce and remarriage? Answer: Some questions are difficult - not because we cannot clearly state the truth, but because the way the questions are worded cause you to make assumptions that may not be true. A classic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1450,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-spousal-rape-grounds-for-divorce\/","url_meta":{"origin":11802,"position":2},"title":"Is spousal rape grounds for divorce?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does spousal rape constitute fornication, or sexual immorality, thus giving grounds for divorce and remarriage? Answer: Some questions are difficult - not because we cannot clearly state the truth, but because the way the questions are worded cause you to make assumptions that may not be true. A classic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17247,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/would-masturbation-be-unacceptable-between-a-husband-and-wife-as-a-part-of-sexual-intercourse\/","url_meta":{"origin":11802,"position":3},"title":"Would masturbation be unacceptable between a husband and wife as a part of sexual intercourse?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi, My husband and I have been married for a year now and really love God. \u00a0I just wanted to find out what type of sex is acceptable in a marriage? Would masturbation be unacceptable in God's eyes even if it was done during sexual intercourse? Hope to hear\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1814,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-sexual-acts-should-not-be-committed-before-marriage\/","url_meta":{"origin":11802,"position":4},"title":"What sexual acts should not be committed before marriage?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 21, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What sexual acts should not be committed in a relationship before marriage? Answer: \"Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge\" (Hebrews 13:4). From the time that God created the world, His intention was that sex would be freely expressed within\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31189,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-there-a-proper-way-for-christians-to-have-sex\/","url_meta":{"origin":11802,"position":5},"title":"Is there a proper way for Christians to have sex?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is there a proper way for Christians to have sex? Answer: The proper place for sex is within a marriage. \"Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge\" (Hebrews 13:4). The proper ways\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}