sanctification and therefore must be abstained from. Once again, the sense seems to be that Paul is using the word as a catchall for all sorts of sexual sin. In 1 Corinthians 7:2, Paul contrasts being married and having one’s own wife with avoiding porneia. Here, the term could actually be translated as “fornication,” although it is possible that the larger semantic field is in view and so it is translated as “sexual immorality.” We may compare this to 1 Corinthians 6:13–18, where we have two references