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Gary Patton
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An english dictionary will probably make distinctions between the two terms. However, the Bible seems to make clear that God does not. In Matthew 5:28, Jesus says: "But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Later in Matthew 15:19, our Lord returns to the subject of head/heart thinking vs. Actions saying: " For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander." Hopefully the above gets at what you wanted. Blessings all!
Jack Gutknecht
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Sexual immorality, according to Thayer's Greek Lexicon, refers to illicit sexual intercourse in Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25 for example. But "impurity' (ἀκαθαρσία) means, according to Thayer's Greek Lexicon, 'uncleanness'; a. physical: Matthew 23:27. or b. in a moral sense, the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living: Romans 1:24; 6:19; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 4:19; 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; but it is also used of impure motives in 1 Thessalonians 2:3. So it is a broader term, I think.
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