Masturbation

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  1. No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
  2. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
  3. Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
  4. For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; …
  5. The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; …
  6. When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
  7. But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
  8. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. …
  9. Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
  10. When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  11. Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
  12. Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.