Introduction
What is Homosexuality?
Homosexuality is the romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender.
Homosexuality: An important concept of the Bible?
Welcome to our exploration of a deeply sensitive and significant topic within religious discussions and personal beliefs: homosexuality as seen through the lens of the Bible. This blog post seeks to delve into the various verses and scriptural interpretations that address or are thought to relate to homosexuality. Our aim is not to preach, but to provide a comprehensive and respectful examination of the biblical texts that have influenced beliefs, doctrines, and practices concerning homosexuality across different Christian denominations and cultures.
We will explore both Old and New Testament scriptures that are frequently referenced in discussions about homosexuality, including their historical and cultural contexts. This analysis will help us understand how interpretations vary and what factors influence these differing perspectives. Join us as we navigate this complex and often polarizing subject with the hope of fostering greater understanding and dialogue.
Those are the best Bible scriptures about Homosexuality.
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Homosexuality: The Best Bible Verses
1. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. — [Leviticus 18:22]
2. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. — [Leviticus 20:13]
3. Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. — [Hebrews 13:4]
4. 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. — [1 Corinthians 6:9-10]
5. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. — [Revelation 21:8]
6. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 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. — [Romans 1:26-27]
7. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. — [Galatians 5:19-21]
8. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: — [Colossians 3:5]
9. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; — [Ephesians 5:3]
10. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that commit teth fornication sinneth against his own body. — [1 Corinthians 6:18]
11. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 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. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 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. — [Romans 1:24-32]
12. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. — [Jude 1:7]
13. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. — [1 Corinthians 7:2]
14. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: — [1 Thessalonians 4:3-5]
15. And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. — [Matthew 19:4-6]
16. But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. — [Acts 15:20]
17. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. — [Ezekiel 16:49-50]
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18. 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; — [1 Timothy 1:9-10]
19. That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. — [Acts 15:29]
20. And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. — [Genesis 19:1-13]
21. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. — [Mark 10:6-9]
22. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. — [1 Corinthians 5:1-2]
23. And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. — [2 Peter 2:6-10]
24. There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. — [Deuteronomy 23:17]
25. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. — [Luke 17:28-30]
26. And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. — [1 Kings 14:24]
27. And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. — [Judges 19:16-24]
28. And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. — [1 Kings 15:12]
29. And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. — [1 Kings 22:46]
30. And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. — [2 Kings 23:7]
Conclusion
We hope you enjoyed those Homosexuality verses.
As the blog post “Embracing Love: A Fresh Look at Homosexuality Through the Lens of Biblical Verses” concludes, it emphasizes the importance of interpreting Biblical scriptures with a contemporary understanding of love and acceptance. The author argues that while the Bible has been historically interpreted in various ways that have often marginalized LGBTQ+ individuals, a more compassionate and informed reading can lead to a deeper appreciation of diversity and the embracing of homosexual love as equally valuable and sacred. The conclusion calls for Christians and others to approach the Bible with both reverence and a willingness to see its teachings through the lens of modern values of equality and human rights, urging a shift towards inclusivity and love in all its forms.