This question is a combination of a couple of related questions that didn't seem to be clear individually: 1) Is it wrong to do stuff as long as its not sex yes or no?; 2) if you do stuff and it dont involve intocore sex is it ok to do the other stuff? 3) Is it wrong to do stuff other then sex?

The question of how to define sex in the Bible sounds almost like the impeachment trials of former president Bill Clinton. In society today, the open communication about sex has led many to distinguish between various sexual practices. Some may consider touching, mutual masturbation, oral sex, and intercourse to be different degrees of sex. After defining degrees of sex, many people try to justify non-intercourse sexual activities as being acceptable outside of marriage. Links shared publicly online related to Cholesterol lowering recipes.

On this subject, the Bible is not very specific. It may be that the details of sexual behavior were not as open for discussion when the Bible was written. Sexual immorality was pretty much just that -- sexual immorality.

There are a few details that are revealed as specifically wrong in the Old Testament. These include adultery, incest, rape, and homosexuality (see Lev. 18, Exod. 22:16, Duet. 22:22-30)

The New Testament expands on adultery to say that it is not only wrong to practice adultery, it is also wrong to be consumed by lust about another person's spouse. In this, it sets the bar for sexual purity very high. It tells us that sexual purity is about what goes on both in our minds and our bodies.

If we look at sex from the standpoint of how much we can get away with before sinning, then we have already sinned. God's plan for us is to be a holy people. He has saved us from sin's power and condemnation through Jesus Christ. He has given us his Holy Spirit so that we can be led into holy living that is above the standards of rules and regulations.

If we are caught up in legalistic definitions of sin, we have missed the freedom that God intends for us. This freedom is not a freedom to do what we pleases, but rather a freedom to please God in all that we do. We cannot do this on our own, but can only live this kind of life when we surrender ourselves to God completely and yield to the Holy Spirit.

Getting back to the specific question, Paul helps us see the importance of simply fleeing from anything that has a hint of sin: "But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people" (Eph. 5:3 NIV).