What does the Bible say about the marriage bed?

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The Bible teaches that sexual intimacy is a good gift of God, to be enjoyed faithfully and exclusively within marriage, while all sexual immorality is to be rejected. Hebrews 13:4 calls believers to honor marriage and keep the marriage bed undefiled, warning that God judges the sexually immoral and adulterous. First Corinthians 7 affirms marital intimacy as a mutual duty of loving care and a guard against temptation, not a means of selfishness or control. Proverbs 5:18-19 celebrates delight in one’s spouse, while Ephesians 5:22-24 and Colossians 3:19 place marriage within Christlike covenant love, faithfulness, and tenderness. Christians therefore flee sexual sin, pursue purity of heart, and depend on God’s grace in temptation.