You might be interested in the discussion here of the passage from Corinthians. I'm not going to claim it is "correct" but it certainly adds context and deepens my sense that I am ill-equipped to make definitive pronouncements on the meanings of Bible verses without serious study. God bless.
You've made an interesting start here. Might I suggest that you also look at Martin Luther's German translations from the mid 1500's. You may find them interesting. Also, the original Greek manuscripts are very dificult to translate with absolute certainty. There are some interesting debates concerning the translations of 1 Timothy and 1 Corinthians Greek. The more we learn about 1st Century culture the more doubt seems to creep into our traditional understanding of those manuscripts.
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Thanks Art! I appreciate your comments.
janinsanfran - Thanks for the link. There's some very good stuff there.
The four Gospels contain no specific statement by Jesus against homosexual behaviour.
The main reference concerning homosexuality in the new testament is is Romans, which is by Paul, not the words of Jesus.
Romans1: 26-27 "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion."
Jesus certainly made no mention of homosexuality being a sin. The old testament does, but then eating shellfish is also a sin there.
And Paul was probably just the usual rightwing homophobe.
The New Testament, according to Paul, does not single out homosexual behaviour as any worse than heterosexual immorality.
You know, it's kind of ironic that you said this beepbeep. I recently had a conversation with my coworker wo is an ordained minister and I asked her about some of the contradictions and omissions in the New Testament compared to the Old Testament (like shellfish and homosexuality in particular) and she told me if it wasn't repeated by Jesus in the New Testament than it was archaic and no longer applied, hence the fact that shellfish is now acceptable.
Hello. I found this thread by googling youngs literal translation. I do appreciate the fact that you do extensive research before reaching an opinion. I only wanted to pass along a thought. Reference books might be useful to someone like yourself that is interested in what the bible says. A concordance or a dictionary can explain to you what a hebrew or greek word meant in the original language. I have a dictionary that for some words will explain over 10 different nuances for a word. I also might recommend a commentary, like matthew henry's commentary which was written in the 1600's and there are new editions being printed every day.
Feel free me to contact me or email me if you wish. If you delete this comment, that's fine also, I'm not offended. Just wanted to share my thoughts.
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