For thisreasonGodgave them overto degradingpassions;for their womenexchangedthe naturalfunctionfor that which is unnatural,
justas Sodomand Gomorrahand the citiesaroundthem, since they in the samewayas theseindulged in gross immoralityand wentafterstrangeflesh,are exhibitedas an examplein undergoingthe punishmentof eternalfire.
and immoral menand homosexualsand kidnappersand liarsand perjurers,and whateverelseis contraryto soundteaching,
ThereforeGodgave them overin the lustsof their heartsto impurity,sothat their bodieswould be dishonoredamongthem.
Ordo you not knowthat the unrighteouswill not inheritthe kingdomof God?Do not be deceived;neitherfornicators,noridolaters,noradulterers,noreffeminate,norhomosexuals,
and they, having become callous,have giventhemselvesoverto sensualityfor the practiceof every kindof impuritywith greediness.
and they calledto Lotand saidto him, "Whereare the menwhocameto you tonight?Bringthem out to us that we may haverelationswith them."
While they were celebrating,behold,the menof the city,certainworthlessfellows,surroundedthe house,poundingthe door;and they spoketo the ownerof the house,the oldman,saying,"Bringout the manwhocameinto your housethat we may haverelationswith him."
for it is disgracefulevento speakof the things which are doneby them in secret.
not in lustfulpassion,likethe Gentileswho do not knowGod;
And justas they did not see fitto acknowledgeGodany longer, Godgave them overto a depravedmind,to dothosethings which are not proper,
But these menrevilethe things whichthey do not understand;and the things whichthey knowby instinct,likeunreasoninganimals,by these thingsthey are destroyed.
"So I gavethem overto the stubbornnessof their heart,To walkin their own devices.
