Is it a sin to have a baby out of wedlock?<\/p>\n\t
It is a sin to have sex outside of marriage (Hebrews 13:4). It is called “fornication” in the Bible, though some translations use the phrase “sexual immorality” or just plain “morality” for the same Greek word. The sin exists whether a child is conceived or not. But the conception of a child is one of the normal consequences of sex.<\/p>\n
Many compound their sin by trying to avoid the consequence through aborting the baby; thus, adding murder on top of fornication. “Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked<\/em>” (Exodus 23:7). It is not the child’s fault that his parents had sex before forming a committed union through marriage. The proper thing to do is have the baby and if the mother doesn’t wish to raise the child, place the child with a family who does want a baby. Then the child will have the benefits of a solid family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Is it a sin to have a baby out of wedlock? Answer: It is a sin to have sex outside of marriage (Hebrews 13:4). It is called “fornication” in the Bible, though some translations use the phrase “sexual immorality” or just plain “morality” for the same Greek word. The sin exists whether a child…<\/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,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[28,1572],"class_list":["post-4665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-abortion","tag-fornication"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35625,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-man-got-me-pregnant-and-now-wont-marry-me-or-support-the-child-what-do-i-do\/","url_meta":{"origin":4665,"position":0},"title":"A man got me pregnant and now won’t marry me or support the child. 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