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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Following religious or moral standards in sexual behaviour; before marriage, this commonly means abstaining from sex.
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Paper 2
Living according to religious standards of sexual behaviour, including abstaining from sex before marriage in traditional Christian teaching.
Paper 1
Controlling sexual behaviour in accordance with moral or religious commitments; traditionally, this includes abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage.
Revise: Sexual Relationships in ChristianityMany Christians therefore support chastity before marriage and fidelity within it, and reject casual sex as failing to respect the significance of sex and the people involved.
Remaining sexually abstinent before marriage and faithful within marriage.
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