• Sex Without Marriage—Why It Hurts
    The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom—1978

    • CONSIDER LIFE’S UNCERTAINTIES

      Some may say: ‘What harm is done when we allow ourselves certain sexual liberties outside wedlock? We are sure that we will marry, and we take it for granted that we are not ill in the sense of having a venereal disease.’

      But think for a moment. Can we, being imperfect and mortal, ever say, ‘We are sure we will marry’? Are not all of us subject to the stated law, “Time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all”? (Eccl. 9:11) How can a couple be sure that they will get married? At best, they can only hope to be able to do so.