New Testament
Romans 1:26–27
“For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another…”
Paul describes same-sex relations as “contrary to nature.”
1 Corinthians 6:9–10
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality… will inherit the kingdom of God.”
1 Timothy 1:9–10
“…the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless… for the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers…”
Jude 1:7
“Just as Sodom and Gomorrah… indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire…”
Matthew 19:4–6
“Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female… For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh.”
Mark 10:6–9
“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…”
1 Corinthians 11:14–15
“Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her…”
Ephesians 5:31–32
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife… This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”
1 Thessalonians 4:3–5
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication…”
Hebrews 13:4
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
Matthew 15:19
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications…”
Galatians 5:19–21
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness…”