Baptist pastor's 'no premarital sex prohibition' sermon dismantled

• Does the Bible actually prohibit premarital sex, or does porneia only mean prostitution?

Ben reads from an article on Dr. Delmon Coates of Mt. Anon Baptist Church (Clinton, Maryland), who argued in a 'Let's talk about sex' series that porneia (1 Cor 6) meant only prostitution, not premarital sex. Dan explains that by the time the New Testament was written, porneia had broadened to cover sexual behavior generally, including promiscuity and adultery, and the hosts argue Coates cherry-picks one word while skipping the Hebrew scriptures. Ben notes Scripture is not explicit against polygamy yet clearly portrays God's design as one man and one woman, and the hosts argue against twisting translation work to permit what people want to do, illustrated with a Matthew Perry interview about having it all and still feeling empty.