Sexo no casamento: o que a Bíblia ensina sobre intimidade
O que a Bíblia ensina sobre o sexo
A Bíblia não trata o sexo como tabu nem como algo impuro, mas como uma criação boa de Deus feita para o casamento. Na visão bíblica, a relação sexual une marido e mulher em uma só carne, cumprindo o propósito de intimidade, prazer mútuo e continuidade da vida.
No relato da criação, a sexualidade e a capacidade de gerar filhos aparecem abençoadas por Deus antes da entrada do pecado no mundo:
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."(Genesis 1:27,28)
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.(Genesis 2:24)
Ao tratar do casamento, Jesus retomou exatamente esse texto de Gênesis para mostrar que a união física e espiritual entre o casal foi instituída pelo Criador:
And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate."(Matthew 19:4-6)
O livro de Provérbios também celebra o afeto e a atração física no casamento, apresentando o prazer conjugal como algo legítimo e desejado por Deus:
Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Like a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.(Proverbs 5:18,19)
A intimidade no casamento
A Escritura define o relacionamento íntimo entre marido e mulher como digno de honra. No casamento, o sexo não é um favor prestado nem uma obrigação unilateral, mas um cuidado mútuo em que ambos compartilham a mesma entrega.
Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.(Hebrews 13:4)
Paulo trata dessa reciprocidade em Corinto, orientando que nenhum dos cônjuges use o sexo como ferramenta de controle:
The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise the wife also to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.(1 Corinthians 7:3,4)
But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.(1 Corinthians 7:9)
O profeta Malaquias aponta que a aliança conjugal tem valor diante de Deus e visa a preservação da família:
But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And why the one? He was seeking a godly offspring. Be careful then about your spirit, and see that none of you deals treacherously against the wife of your youth.(Malachi 2:15)
Por envolver o ser humano por inteiro, a união física tem um peso que ultrapassa a biologia. Paulo explica que o corpo do cristão pertence a Cristo, e por isso a sexualidade não pode ser dissociada da vida espiritual:
Do you not know that your bodies are parts of Christ? Shall I then take away the parts of Christ and make them parts of a prostitute? Far from it! Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, "The two shall become one flesh." But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.(1 Corinthians 6:15-17)
Pureza e limites da sexualidade
Quando o sexo é retirado do contexto da aliança conjugal, perde a proteção e o significado dados por Deus. A Bíblia orienta fugir da imoralidade sexual justamente porque ela atinge a própria integridade de quem a pratica.
Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in your body.(1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;(1 Thessalonians 4:3-5)
But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints;(Ephesians 5:3)
Jesus aprofundou esse princípio no Sermão do Monte, ensinando que a fidelidade e o respeito ao outro começam na intenção do olhar e do coração:
but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(Matthew 5:28)
As cartas apostólicas reforçam que a vida com Deus exige coerência e abandono de práticas secretas de devassidão:
Let’s behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy.(Romans 13:13)
A fidelidade à aliança do casamento é um dos Dez Mandamentos:
"You shall not commit adultery.(Exodus 20:14)
Tanto na Lei dada a Israel quanto nas orientações de Paulo aos gentios, as Escrituras estabelecem limites morais claros contra práticas que desviam a sexualidade da ordem da criação:
‘None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. As for the nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the household or born outside the household, you shall not uncover their nakedness. The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is yours. The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, born to your father, she is your sister; you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is an outrageous sin. And you shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a second wife while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.
‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity. And you shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her. You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. You shall not sleep with a male as one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination. Also you shall not have sexual intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.(Leviticus 18:6-23)
Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and crawling creatures.
Therefore God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.(Romans 1:22-27)
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