In the biblical account, human relationships are rooted in God's creation of male and female, with each having a unique role and purpose. Scripture teaches that sexual intimacy is reserved for marriage between one man and one woman, as seen in Leviticus 20:13 and 1 Corinthians 7:2. The apostle Paul warns against immoral behavior in 1 Corinthians 6:18 and 6:9-10, emphasizing the importance of purity and self-control. In the context of romantic love, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 describes the characteristics of a selfless and enduring love, providing a foundation for healthy and godly relationships.
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If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house. They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!” Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him. “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing! Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”