Originally Posted by xJoe

Honestly you just shouldn't do it.
And it will destroy your testimony. if you are or not having sex that is what everyone will assume.
Is anyone wrong with a male and a female living together? no it is not sin
But your putting yourself in temptations way. This is a really hard thing to decide on because in the Bible there was no dating. There was no getting to know your girlfriend and then falling in love after awhile then marrying. It was all arranged marriage. And you moved in with your wife after you became married.
Dating is a completely new concept. It's the middle ground between being married and single which never existed before.
In my ultimate thoughts towards it, it takes away from marriage. (living together before marrying)
The bible tells us to flee fornication. thess 4:3-7 and what people do is say anything but sex is sin. But in reality no, anything sexual with someone else besides your spouse is sin. Any sexual thought towards someone who is not your spouse is sin. You are not your own property. You belong to your future spouse and God. By sexual activity happening between someone who is not that it is sin against your future spouse and God.
By living together you do a two things. First off you put yourself in a extremely tempting atmosphere when the Bible tells us specifically to avoid it. If this person ends up nothing being your future spouse you take away the special moment of living with someone. same concept as sex before marriage. Been there and done that.
in my opinion, there is nothing beneficial about this nor anything that could be beneficial. that is why I would avoid doing it