The sin of refusing sex

The title is certain to get people riled up, and then a Bible verse is dropped without any context. That's what makes me wonder if this thread is designed to rile people up and draw attention.

The OP didn't post any context relating to any sort of marital issue. No context about his life or why he put that verse out there. It's just a verse out of context on a subject that riles people up.

It's not about his life that I can see. He's making a point that witholding intimacy is wrong and he backs that up with Scripture. It's not out of context. It apparently riles you up, and for what reason I do not know. Your information says you're not married, so why are you so invested in a convo that has nothing to do with you?

I certainly don't believe that one should continuously deny their partner. Come on now. My point is that, I do not believe that refusing sex is a sin.

As if people are going to change how they live with their spouse because of a provocative one liner.
If the OP was serious, it should've been a proper sermon and focus on self centeredness because that's the only sin that can occur in that area.
And it can come from EITHER the spouse that is ignoring the other to the point of making them suffer and feel undesirable, or the spouse that is demanding and burdening the other.
People can be very mismatched in their needs and if you lived chastely until marriage, you won't know if that's the case until you marry.
I wonder why is there a continual accent on only one kind of self centeredness (neglect) but the other (excessive demand) is never highlighted?
There are also realities of depression and various medications and illnesses, that can seriously affect the biology of the person in that area. What wasn't excessive once might become too much, to the person whose hormones aren't working correctly.
The spouse that feels ignored is here goaded to turn against their husband or wife and be offended, instead of first examining if maybe there's a physiological or hormonal cause, and discuss openly with their spouse how to approach and remedy the situation, instead of accusing or otherwise allowing it to undermine their relationship.

The OP didn't post any context relating to any sort of marital issue. No context about his life or why he put that verse out there. It's just a verse out of context on a subject that riles people up.

If a Bible verse riles people up, what does that say about the people who get riled up by the verse?

I Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

If a Bible verse riles people up, what does that say about the people who get riled up by the verse?

As if people are going to change how they live with their spouse because of a provocative one liner.
If the OP was serious, it should've been a proper sermon and focus on self centeredness because that's the only sin that can occur in that area.

I wonder why is there a continual accent on only one kind of self centeredness (neglect) but the other (excessive demand) is never highlighted?

And I have no worries. I know that if I should get married, my husband will accept me just the way I am. I certainly do not want a man who has sex as his number one priority. No thanks.

What does it say about someone who posts a scripture out of context and to rile people up?

OMG. Since when refusing sexual relations is a sins? Totally rubbish.

Agreed. While reading the part dedicated to married couples in chapter 7 it appears Paul is saying, sex your spouse so they don't commit the sin of adultery.
Then there are those parts wherein we're told the woman belongs to her husband and vice versa. Different time, different culture. Did Paul think he would be advising people living in the 21st century?

Are you trying to rile people up? You can't read my mind. I posted the verse to make people aware of it. I thought it might also generate discussion on an oft-ignored topic. It seems likely that people get riled up just from reading a scripture like this if their thinking does not align with scripture. It's their problem, really. Their getting riled up exposes the issue.

One can be serious and post a serious post quoting scripture without preaching a whole sermon. The posters in the thread have posted several sermons worth of material.

Do you mean in this thread? In my experience it is rare for preachers to touch Paul's teaching on sex in marriage. If you will notice, the scripture passage warns against the neglect side-- defrauding one's spouse-- but doesn't address 'excessive demand.' It does recommend times of fasting with mutual consent.

Are you one of those people who thinks the teachings of scripture against sexual immorality do not apply because they were written in a different time?

One could also apply that type of reasoning to murder and argue that all the teachings against murder were addressed to people who lived in the first century AD or before it, and because that was in a different time and culture, that murder is okay now. That's the same sort of reasoning, but it doesn't make murder okay. Nor does the fact that scripture was written a long time ago from our perspective mean that God's standard of morality has changed.

Something that helps the Bible student in scriptural understanding is to also apprise themselves of the culture of the time.
I think if you look to find first century Christian marriage practices you'll be able to understand better the import of Paul's letter to the church in Corinth.

I see the idea that the culture was different as an excuse for rejecting scripture quite often.

Ah, now who is the one seeking to rile people up? Learning about the culture of the time when the NT books were written is concomitant with proper Exegesis.