What was marriage like in the pagan world according to this teaching?
According to the teaching, in the pagan world marriage was simply a place to have children, with no fidelity or integrity. Men thought nothing of visiting prostitutes, and wives accepted it as custom, as in Corinth. This pattern was rampant, and even the saved from that background still felt its pull.
Les explains that in the pagan world, marriage was viewed merely as a place to have children. There was no fidelity or integrity in the marriage relationship, and they thought nothing of it. He illustrates with a news magazine cover story about rampant prostitution in Thailand, where the average Thai husband thought nothing of going to a house of prostitution. When a young wife was asked if it bothered her, she said no, because it was custom—her mama and grandma put up with it. Corinth was no different. These people had been saved from that background, but that did not mean it did not still have its pull.