Adultery Defined

Deuteronomy 22:22. The basic definition of adultery is from Deuteronomy 22:22. Adultery is “…lying with a woman married to an husband…” Adultery is any time a married person has sex with someone outside the marriage. God considers adultery a sin and it is one of the ten commandments (Exodus 20:14, “Thou shalt not commit adultery”). The punishment for adultery in the old testament was death for those who committed adultery (Deuteronomy 22:22, “… then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel”). Today, most of the world does not consider adultery a crime, much less a crime punishable by death. On the other hand, God's opinion about adultery has not changed (Revelation 21:8, “But the … whoremongers … shall have their part in the lake of fire which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death”)

DEUTERONOMY 22 BIBLE SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 22:22, “If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel."