Expert: Brenda Martin - 11/19/2007

Question
Is it a sin in Christians' opinion or Jehovah Witness' point of view to have oral sex with your spouse?

Answer
The Bible urges: “Flee from fornication.” (1 Corinthians 6:18) The original Greek word for fornication, por·nei′a, refers to all illicit sexual activity involving the use of the genital organs carried on OUTSIDE the bonds of marriage. That would include oral sex and the deliberate fondling of sexual organs.

Now; sexual activity between married couples within the marriage bond. Those who would “keep walking by spirit” should not ignore the Scriptural indications of God’s thinking. And they will do well to cultivate a hatred for everything that is unclean before Jehovah, including what are clearly PERVERTED sexual practices. Married couples should act in a way that will leave them with a clean conscience, as they give unimpeded attention to developing “the fruitage of the spirit.”—Galatians 5:16, 22, 23; Ephesians 5:3-5.

One’s endeavor to hold to Scriptural principles will result in a blessing from Jehovah. In such cases it may be helpful for the couple to discuss the problem frankly, bearing in mind especially that sexual relations should be honorable, wholesome, an expression of tender love. This certainly should exclude anything that might distress or harm one’s mate.—Ephesians 5:28-30; 1 Peter 3:1, 7.

Brenda