First, we won’t demean or trivialize it. It points to Christ and his people. We’ll therefore take it seriously. In the old language of the Book of Common Prayer, it “therefore is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly, to satisfy men’s carnal lusts and appetites, like brute beasts that have no understanding; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God.”9 It matters and, married or not, all of us need to uphold it: “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled” (Heb. 13:4).
