lasciviousness
Lasciviousness is shameless sexual impurity or sensual self-indulgence. In Scripture it names conduct that casts off moral restraint and opposes holiness.
At a Glance
Lasciviousness is shameless sexual impurity or sensual self-indulgence. In Scripture it names conduct that casts off moral restraint and opposes holiness.
Description
Lasciviousness is a biblical moral term for unrestrained sensuality and shameless sexual wrongdoing. In older English Bible versions it commonly translates words that denote debauchery, lewdness, or conduct that rejects proper moral restraint. The idea is not merely strong temptation, but a settled readiness to indulge corrupt desires in ways that are open, reckless, and contrary to God’s will. Scripture places such behavior among the works of the flesh and contrasts it with the holiness God requires of His people. In a dictionary entry, the safest definition is that lasciviousness means gross sensuality or sexual license expressed in attitudes and actions that disregard biblical purity.