What kinds of homosexuality does the Bible mention?<\/p>\n\t
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor\u00a0homosexuals<\/b>, nor\u00a0sodomites<\/b>, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God<\/i>” (I Corinthians 6:9-10).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Homosexuals<\/b>\u00a0(Greek:\u00a0malakos<\/i>): The word literally means “soft.” From\u00a0The Complete Biblical Library Greek \/ English Dictionary<\/i>: “In\u00a01 Corinthians 6:9\u00a0malakos<\/i>\u00a0is used in the metaphoric sense. Here it refers to persons who are “soft.” The rendering “effeminate” (malakos<\/i>) designates the passive partner of a homosexual relationship\u00a0…”<\/i><\/p>\n
Sodomites<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(Greek:\u00a0arsenokoites<\/i>): The word means “a male homosexual.” It is a compound of the words for “male” and “bed” where “bed” refers to sexual activity. From\u00a0The Complete Biblical Library Greek \/ English Dictionary<\/i>: “Like a number of other languages, Greek has different words to distinguish between the active and passive roles in a homosexual relationship.\u00a0Arsenokoites<\/i>\u00a0expresses active homosexuality; a related term,\u00a0malakos<\/i>, connotes effeminate, passive homosexuality, in which a man allows others to exploit him sexually.” This word is also used in\u00a0I Timothy 1:10.<\/p>\n
“For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even\u00a0their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature<\/b><\/i>” (Romans 1:26).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Instead of a single word, this passage describes lesbians. The word translated “use” is from the Greek word\u00a0chersis<\/i>, which refers to the use or employment of the body for sexual intercourse. Paul’s point is that women having sex with women is not the way the body was created to be used.<\/p>\n
“Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due<\/i>” (Romans 1:27).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Once again, the act of homosexuality, in this case between men, is described instead of being stated with a single word. Once again, Paul’s point is that the male body’s natural sexual function was created to have sex with women and not with men. He also condemns the passionate desire for sex with other men and bluntly calls homosexuality shameful or unseemly.<\/p>\n
“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination<\/i>” (Leviticus 18:22).<\/p>\n
“If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them<\/i>” (Leviticus 20:13).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Like\u00a0Romans 1:27, male homosexual activity is strictly forbidden.<\/p>\n
“And there were also\u00a0perverted persons<\/b>\u00a0in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD had cast out before the children of Israe<\/i>l” (I Kings 14:24).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Perverted persons<\/b> (Hebrew\u00a0qadesh<\/i>): The word literally means a “cult prostitute.” In other words, a person engaged in sexual activity to “worship” a fertility god or goddess. It was used to describe both female and male prostitutes. “There shall be no\u00a0ritual harlot<\/b>\u00a0of the daughters of Israel, or a\u00a0perverted one<\/b>\u00a0of the sons of Israel<\/em>” (Deuteronomy 23:17). See also\u00a0I Kings 15:12;\u00a022:46; and\u00a0II Kings 23:7.<\/p>\n
“You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a\u00a0dog<\/b>\u00a0to the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God<\/i>” (Deuteronomy 23:18).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In Hebrew, to call someone a dog was to hold a person in such contempt that they were considered a non-entity (see\u00a0I Samuel 17:43). Dogs often roamed the streets, hunting in packs, preying on weaker creatures, and eating whatever they could find. A male prostitute was considered in the same light, a person preying on others and who would have sex with anyone. This is well illustrated in the attack on Lot’s house in\u00a0Genesis 19:1-25\u00a0and the attack on a visiting Levite in\u00a0Judges 19:16-28, even though in both of these cases the attacks were not for hire.<\/p>\n
Hence, we see that the Bible condemns homosexuality from all directions: male, female, active, passive, for hire, or for sexual passion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: What kinds of homosexuality does the Bible mention? Answer: “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor\u00a0homosexuals, nor\u00a0sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God” (I Corinthians 6:9-10).…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-homosexuality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6922,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-there-to-repent-for-in-being-homosexual\/","url_meta":{"origin":2478,"position":0},"title":"What is there to repent for in being homosexual?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 17, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have just read your article entitled\u00a0What Homosexuals Want and a few questions came up. 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