The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Marriage and fidelity therein are the keys to avoiding sexual sins, including “chambering!” First Corinthians chapter 7 goes into great detail about marriage in the Dispensation of Grace. The Christian man is to find and marry a Christian woman the Christian woman is to find and marry a Christian man. Rather than jumping around from partner to partner-moving from “bedroom to bedroom”-the lustful Christian needs to find a spouse. When a woman has children for a man who is not her husband or current partner, she is his “baby momma.” Or, when a man has children with a woman who is not his wife or current partner, he is her “baby daddy.” While not tasteful examples, they are all excellent illustrations of modern-day “chambering.” Consider the slang terms “baby momma” and “baby daddy” used in contemporary English. Additionally, the idea of chambering goes beyond women. Instead of the proper term “chambering,” we would say, informally: “shacking up,” “bed-hopping,” “living together,” “sleeping around.” Fornication, adultery, and prostitution are related here. It is not an innocent resting on a couch or bed either (as in Luke 11:7). “Chambering,” as it sits in that verse, is outside of marriage. ![]() It is in the case of Romans 13:13, however, that koite carries a sinful meaning. There is nothing sinful here either, as it also is confined to marriage.)
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