Being Gay

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

“‘You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people”; neither let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.” — read the full passage →

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →

He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope; — read the full passage →

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah. — read the full passage →

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly.

He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. — read the full passage →

He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. — read the full passage →

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.” — read the full passage →

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.

He left everything, and rose up and followed him. — read the full passage →

I will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you. — read the full passage →

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.

Blessed are those who do his commandments,that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. — read the full passage →

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” — read the full passage →

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, — read the full passage →

A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me”; and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.’” — read the full passage →

They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads. — read the full passage →

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. — read the full passage →

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh. — read the full passage →

He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. — read the full passage →

Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” — read the full passage →

In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like Yahweh’s angel before them. — read the full passage →

For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. — read the full passage →

When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. — read the full passage →

‘Why have we fasted,’ say they, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors. — read the full passage →

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory. — read the full passage →

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent. — read the full passage →

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, — read the full passage →

God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth. — read the full passage →

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, — read the full passage →

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? — read the full passage →

Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” — read the full passage →

are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. — read the full passage →

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. — read the full passage →

She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.” — read the full passage →

He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” — read the full passage →

I said, “Let them set a clean turban on his head.” So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and Yahweh’s angel was standing by. — read the full passage →

“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest. — read the full passage →

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh. — read the full passage →

I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.” — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.” — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn’t turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul. — read the full passage →

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. — read the full passage →

He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. — read the full passage →

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let us do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned. — read the full passage →

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! — read the full passage →

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives. — read the full passage →

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me. — read the full passage →

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. — read the full passage →

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. — read the full passage →

Yahweh will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord. — read the full passage →

For finding fault with them, he said, “Behold, the days come”, says the Lord, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; — read the full passage →

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away. — read the full passage →

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience; — read the full passage →

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” — read the full passage →

A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled. — read the full passage →

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” — read the full passage →

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. — read the full passage →

That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted. — read the full passage →

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? — read the full passage →

Onan knew that the seed wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. — read the full passage →

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. — read the full passage →

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace. — read the full passage →

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?” — read the full passage →

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. — read the full passage →

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. — read the full passage →

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. — read the full passage →

How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! — read the full passage →

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? — read the full passage →

But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless. — read the full passage →

Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. — read the full passage →