²⁷ “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’;^{(A) 28} but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

²⁴ Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their own hearts to [sexual] impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin],

³ But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].