If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
-Deuteronomy 22:22, KJV
When adultery is committed, it hits the whole community. This is how the Bible teaches on this matter.
Adultery is not a private matter.
It impacts the whole community. As is the point of quoting this verse from Deuteronomy, adultery impacts a whole nation, Israel.
In a more modern take, I am sharing a satire that makes this point about how adultery harms a community. This “sermon” was given to me by a fellow pastor.
This is a classic from Garrisson Keiller entitled, “Letter from Jim:”
It’s really too bad Garrison Keillor didn’t let those words sink into his own heart as he read them. Three wives, two workplace affairs, one $16k NDA, and dozens of independently verified sexual harassment claims prove just how fictitious and hypocritical his radio personality really was. 😒
Can’t say that he did not know better…