Agụụ ịkwa iko

Iwu nke asaa (nke isii nʼọgụgụ ndị Lutheran na ndị Katọlik) kwuru sị, “Gị akwala iko” (Ọpụpụ 20:14), Jisọs wee buru ya banye nʼime obi: “onye ọbụla lere nwanyị anya site na-agụụ ịkwa iko emeelarị mmehie ịkwa iko nʼime obi ya” (Matiu 5:28). Pọl dere sị, “Gbaaranụ mmehie ịkwa iko ọsọ” (1 Ndị Kọrint 6:18), Josef mekwara otu ahụ: mgbe nwunye nna ya ukwu nwara ịdọkpụrụ ya, ọ hapụrụ uwe mwụda ya nʼaka ya gbapụ nʼezi (Jenesis 39:12). E kwuru akụkọ Eze Devid nʼụzọ doro anya na 2 Samuel 11. Nʼoge ndị eze na-apụ ibu agha, “Devid nọdụrụ na Jerusalem”; site nʼelu ụlọeze ọ hụrụ Batsheba, ziga ka a kpọta ya, emesịa mee ka e tinye di ya Ụraya nʼebe a ga-egbu ya nʼagha. Ndị nkwusa bịara emesịa malitere akụkọ ahụ site nʼuhuruchi ahụ ọ nọ nkịtị.

Evagrius kpọrọ echiche a porneia, okwu Pọl ji kpọọ mmehie ịkwa iko; ndepụta Latin kpọrọ ya luxuria, ọdịnala Slavonik kpọrọ ya blud. Ndepụta ndị bịara emesịa ji ịdị ọcha megide ya, nʼime Psychomachia nke Prudentius kwa, Ịdị ọcha meriri Agụụ ịkwa iko nʼagha nke abụọ nke abụ ahụ. Dante tinyere ndị agụụ ịkwa iko na mbara nke asaa, nke ikpeazụ, nke Purgatorio, ebe ha na-eje ije nʼime ọkụ ka ha na-abụ abụ ma na-eti mkpu ihe atụ nke ịdị ọcha.