Fornication is generally consensual sexual intercourse between two people not married to each other. When one or more of the partners having consensual sexual intercourse is married to a third person, it is called adultery.

Are fornication and adultery the same thing?

In legal use there is a difference between adultery and fornication. Adultery is only used when at least one of the parties involved (either male or female) is married, whereas fornication may be used to describe two people who are unmarried (to each other or anyone else) engaging in consensual sexual intercourse.

What does the Bible define as adultery?

According to the Book of Exodus, the law forbidding adultery was codified for the Israelites at biblical Mount Sinai. Since men were permitted to have multiple wives, adultery was interpreted to consist of sexual relations between a man and a married or betrothed woman who was not his wife.

What are the 12 sins in the Bible?

Contents2.1 Lust.2.2 Gluttony.2.3 Greed.2.4 Sloth.2.5 Wrath.2.6 Envy.2.7 Pride.

What is the Old Testament punishment for adultery?

Leviticus 20:10 subsequently prescribes capital punishment for adultery, but refers to adultery between a man and a married woman: And the man that committeth adultery with another mans wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.