This chief repented, and fulfilled his responsibilities to God. Next Question Answer Sex does not create a marriage. Those that recognize common-law marriages, I think, require a couple to live together for quite a while before they are considered married. That's several years of living in fornication, which is condemned in many places throughout the Bible. Fornication does not become marriage.
Fornication is a sin and continues to be a sin as long as two people practice it.
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