* The logical outgrowth of this teaching, however, was the idea that sexual pleasure as an end in itself is sinful and, consequently, that sexual relations that exclude the possibility of procreation are immoral.
बायबलमधील नीतिसूत्रांच्या पुस्तकात, पती व पत्नी यांच्यातील योग्य लैंगिक सहवासामुळे निष्पन्‍न होणाऱ्‍या आनंदाचे अलंकारिक भाषेत वर्णन केले आहे: “तू आपल्याच टाक्यांतले पाणी पी.