ThereforeGodgave them overin the lustsof their heartsto impurity,sothat their bodieswould be dishonoredamongthem.
You shall not liewith a maleas one lieswith a female;it is an abomination.
"Let them alone;they are blindguidesof the blind.And ifa blind manguidesa blind man,bothwill fallinto a pit."
"In the generationsgoneby He permittedallthe nationsto gotheir own ways;
"But Godturned awayand deliveredthem up to servethe hostof heaven;as it is writtenin the bookof the prophets,IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFEREDVICTIMSAND SACRIFICESFORTYYEARSIN THE WILDERNESS,WAS IT, O HOUSEOF ISRAEL?
Thereforedo not let sinreignin your mortalbodysothat you obeyits lusts,
Foodis for the stomachand the stomachis for food,but Godwill do awaywith bothof them. Yetthe bodyis not for immorality,but for the Lord,and the Lordis for the body.
Fleeimmorality.Every[other] sinthat a mancommitsis outsidethe body,but the immoralman sinsagainsthis ownbody.
Amongthem we tooallformerlylivedin the lustsof our flesh,indulgingthe desiresof the fleshand of the mind,and were by naturechildrenof wrath,evenas the rest.
that eachof you know howto possesshis ownvesselin sanctificationand honor,
