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Does God Single Out the Sin of Homosexuality? (Romans 1) | Crossway
September 8, 2020 - Verse 25 identifies same-sex practice ... doxological exclamations in Romans.2Paul models intuitive and spontaneous praise to God for the excellence and nobility of his good gift of human sexuality!...
Wes Bredenhof
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Have We Misunderstood Paul on Homosexuality? - Wes Bredenhof
July 21, 2023 - (2) Paul vehemently denounces homosexual acts and declares they arise from out-of-control lust. This does not mean he only oppose the out-of-control part and would accept homosexual acts that are ordered and natural.
Paul and Homosexuality.
Paul says absolutely nothing about homosexuality. Homosexuality did not exist in Paul’s time. Sex with males did exist but it was not a sexual identity. It was an option open to every man. Quoting from God and the Gay Christian: A male athlete is praised for being so determined to win that “he never touched a woman, nor a boy either, in the whole period when he was in the peak of his training” - Plato, Laws, 840a A third century BCE epigram speaks of a man’s interest in both sexes without any hint of surprise: “Kallignotos swore to Ionis that no one, man or woman, would ever be dearer to him that she… But now he is heated by male fire, and the poor girl… isn’t in the picture anymore” - Kallimakhos 11, The Greek Anthology A spurned woman in the third century BCE poem who hopes to woo back her lover says: “Whether a woman lies beside him, or a man, may he be… forgetful of them” - Theokritos 2.44-45 A 92 BCE marriage contract from Egypt: “It shall not be lawful for [the husband] to bring home another wife in addition to [the woman he is marrying] or to have a concubine or boy lover So as we see same sex acts did exist in antiquity and were talked about. Not as a sexuality but as a sex act open to every man. ”the passion for boys and for women derives from one and the same love” - Plutarch The Dialogue on Love Same sex behavior was often seen as an act of excess lust, not as a exclusive identity. More on reddit.com
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August 1, 2022Was the apostle Paul gay? TLDR: its complicated.
I think both of the arguments for him being gay is stupid. Being unworthy is him simply say there is sin in his life. Such as how he use to be a bounty hunter for Christians. I can't give a proper informed argument on the second point. But places like ancient Greece had lots of homosexuality. More on reddit.com
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April 15, 20251 Corinthians 6:9-10 does not condemn homosexuality or effeminates
Thank you for this. People , particularly conservative Christians, need to hear this. More on reddit.com
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April 24, 2024Let's discuss: possible mistranslation on the Greek word 'arsenokoitas'
Your mom believes the King James text is the most accurate? The same King James text that was created specifically so a king could get out of his marriage and then had to be quickly rewritten because some of the passages were seen as a threat to the entrenched class power of the Clergy? Yeah sure, totally the most accurate translation that is completely devoid of human interference. More on reddit.com
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Wikipedia
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History of the Catholic Church and homosexuality - Wikipedia
3 weeks ago - In John Paul II's teaching, gay sex is regarded as a utilization of another's body, not a mutual self-giving in familial love, physically expressed by the masculine and feminine bodies; and such intercourse is also performed by a choice of the will, unlike homosexual orientation, which he ...
Westar Institute
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What the New Testament Says about Homosexuality | Westar Institute
Moreover, there is nothing about homosexuality in the Book of Acts, in Hebrews, in Revelation, or in the letters attributed to James, Peter, John, and Jude. Further, homosexuality is not mentioned in ten of the thirteen letters attributed to Paul. It is only in Romans 1:26–27, 1 Corinthians ...
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Does St. Paul's Letter to the Romans condemn homosexuality as an "orientation"? - Outreach
January 17, 2024 - The Apostle Paul (as well as the entire Bible) does not consider homosexuality as an “orientation,” that is, something which people do not choose but which they discover in themselves (usually early on in life) and which they are called ...
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What does the Bible say about homosexuality? | GotQuestions.org
November 9, 2018 - The same is true with a susceptibility to homosexuality. No matter our proclivities or attractions, we cannot continue to define ourselves by the very sins that crucified Jesus—and at the same time assume we are right with God. Paul lists many of the sins that the Corinthians once practiced (homosexuality is on the list).
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General Principles | USCCB
November 14, 2006 - Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity.12 · St. Paul listed homosexual practices among those things that are incompatible with the Christian life.13
Quora
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What does Paul say regarding homosexuality? - Quora
Answer (1 of 4): Nothing directly. The key terms in 1 Corinthians 6 and 1 Timothy that now gets translated “homosexual” actually means “one who engages in anal sex”. In Romans 1, he’s talking not about “homosexuality” but idolaters ...
Living Lutheran
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Observations on homosexuality in the New Testament | Living Lutheran
December 8, 2025 - There are only three passages in the New Testament that we can be sure specifically mention homosexuality—Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Corinthians 5:9-11. We can omit a fourth text, 1 Timothy 1:9-10, because it adds nothing to the two most significant passages in Paul’s letters.
Cities Church
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Homosexuality | Cities Church
February 5, 2026 - The words here are specifically about men, but homosexual acts between women are also sinful, and we know that from Romans 1:26. There Paul, in Romans 1, Paul is talking about those who have rebelled against God, and he says, God gave them up ...
Catholic Answers
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REBUTTING a Pro-Gay Documentary About the Bible | Catholic Answers Podcasts
January 29, 2024 - Men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.” The filmmakers say that St. Paul was just critiquing Roman excess and that Paul said nothing about homosexual acts in general.
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The Bible on Homosexual Behavior | Catholic Answers Magazine
June 2, 2022 - Writing to the Corinthians, Paul ... Bible notes that Paul is not condemning the possession of same-sex attractions, or homosexuals as persons, but only those who engage in immoral sexual activities....
Wikipedia
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The Bible and homosexuality - Wikipedia
March 24, 2026 - Although Christians of several denominations have historically maintained that this verse is a complete prohibition of all forms of homosexual activity, some 20th- and 21st-century authors contend the passage is not a blanket condemnation of homosexual acts, suggesting, among other interpretations, that the passage condemned heterosexuals who experimented with homosexual activity or that Paul's condemnation was relative to his own culture, in which homosexuality was not understood as an orientation and in which being penetrated was seen as shameful.
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JD Greear Ministries
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Why Is the Bible So Concerned With Homosexuality? – JD Greear Ministries
She says that Paul’s letter to ... what is good? Who or what is Lord in my life—my desires or God’s Word? She says that homosexuality is not the core of our rebellion against God; a desire to be God—to be the one who gets to declare what is good and what is ...
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r/AcademicBiblical on Reddit: Paul and Homosexuality.
August 1, 2022 -
I know this is a controversial question but I can’t find much information.
Was Paul homosexual? I was speaking to someone who said in a lecture he heard a historian talk about a few things but forgot the name(great….)
There are a few things that stand out that make me think he was gay or atleast bi.
You have Paul choosing to travel with young men instead of a wife like other apostles. He’s talks about a thorn he can’t get rid of and modern days studies show that Paul’s rhetoric towards homosexuality lines up with how repressed gay men act towards homosexuals.
I was also told that in history there were people that would launch gay slurs at Paul. (Once again no source lol)
Are there any scholars or does anyone have any answer they can provide to if Paul may have been a repressed gay man? I know we will never but I was wondering if there was anyone out there who talks about this or if anyone has any insight’s.
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Paul says absolutely nothing about homosexuality. Homosexuality did not exist in Paul’s time. Sex with males did exist but it was not a sexual identity. It was an option open to every man. Quoting from God and the Gay Christian: A male athlete is praised for being so determined to win that “he never touched a woman, nor a boy either, in the whole period when he was in the peak of his training” - Plato, Laws, 840a A third century BCE epigram speaks of a man’s interest in both sexes without any hint of surprise: “Kallignotos swore to Ionis that no one, man or woman, would ever be dearer to him that she… But now he is heated by male fire, and the poor girl… isn’t in the picture anymore” - Kallimakhos 11, The Greek Anthology A spurned woman in the third century BCE poem who hopes to woo back her lover says: “Whether a woman lies beside him, or a man, may he be… forgetful of them” - Theokritos 2.44-45 A 92 BCE marriage contract from Egypt: “It shall not be lawful for [the husband] to bring home another wife in addition to [the woman he is marrying] or to have a concubine or boy lover So as we see same sex acts did exist in antiquity and were talked about. Not as a sexuality but as a sex act open to every man. ”the passion for boys and for women derives from one and the same love” - Plutarch The Dialogue on Love Same sex behavior was often seen as an act of excess lust, not as a exclusive identity.
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The late Bishop John S. Spong makes the case that Paul is gay in his book Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism. You can view a 1991 NY Times article about Spong's claims here . One irony is that one critic of Spong's idea was Cardinal Theodore McCarrick (!), who was himself a closeted gay man .
Springer
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Homosexuality and St. Paul | Pastoral Psychology | Springer Nature Link
Devor, R.C. Homosexuality and St. Paul. Pastoral Psychol 23, 50–58 (1972).
St. Paul Center
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Do Old Testament Teachings on Homosexuality Still Apply Today? - St. Paul Center
The second major reason why the ... and 1 Timothy 1:9-10, for example, St. Paul is very clear that engaging in homosexual relations is contrary to the moral law....
Church Society
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What did Paul know of same-sex relationships? - Church Society
January 15, 2021 - There is an argument that the apostle ... as those in modern same-sex marriages; rather that he only knew of (and therefore only prohibits) abusive relationships between unequals....
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