[HPFGU-OTChatter] Question about New Testament

[Richelle Votaw]

Catlady wrote:

> who are quite fluent in New Testament, so my question is, can you
> tell me what the New Testament says that is explicit about
> homosexuality?

Here are a some that are generally used:

Romans 1:27   "And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the
woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that
which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their
error which was meet."
<snip>
continues on to Romans 1:32 " Who knowing the judgment of God, that they
which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have
pleasure in them that do them."

Some scriptures it's not clear that they're referring to homosexuality until
the original language is traced and the word identified.  This is way beyond
my knowledge, though!

Some of those include:

I Corinthians 6:9-11   Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,  Nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus,
and by the Spirit of our God.

I Timothy 1:9-11 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man,
but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for
unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for
manslayers,  For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind,
for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other
thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;   According to the glorious gospel
of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

In other cases, (2 Peter chapter 2, for example) the New Testament reaffirms
things from the Old Testament, such as the sins of Sodom and Gomorrha, which
when one refers back to the Old Testment scriptures, homosexuality is found
there.

Richelle