Information you might want to consider.
Forniciation
1. The Hebrew verb
za‧nah′ and its related forms convey the idea of harlotry, immoral intercourse, fornication, or prostitution.
2. The Greek word translated “fornication” is
por‧nei′a
Regarding the meanings of
por‧nei′a, B.*F. Westcott in his book Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians (1906, p.*76) says:
“This is a general term for all unlawful intercourse, (I)
adultery: Hos. ii. 2,*4 (LXX.); Matt. v.*32; xix. 9; (2)
unlawful marriage, I Cor. v.*I; (3) fornication, the common sense as here [Eph 5:3].”
Bauer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (revised by F.*W. Gingrich and F.*Danker, 1979, p. 693)
defines por‧nei′a as “prostitution, unchastity, fornication, of every kind of unlawful sexual intercourse.”
Marriage:
At the institution of marriage by the Creator, he made no provision for divorce. A man was to stick to his wife, and “they must become one flesh.”
The Law Code is prefaced:
"And YOU must keep my statutes and do them" Afterwards there is no association of the specific inclusivity of spiritism or false worship with the prohibited behavior that is about to be mentioned.
Sodomy carried death penalty for both persons involved :Le 18:22; 20:13)
“‘And you must not lie down with a male the same as you lie down with a woman. It is a detestable thing.
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And when a man lies down with a male the same as one lies down with a woman, both of them have done a detestable thing. They should be put to death without fail. Their own blood is upon them.
1 Corinthians 6:9, 10: “What! Do you not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes
[“male prostitutes,” New International Version;
“effeminate,” King James Version]
, nor men who lie with men [“sodomites,” Jerusalem Bible; “homosexual perverts,” Today’s English Version], nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom.”
Note that Paul specifically mentioned those who evidently take on a passive sexual role and those who
assume a more active “male” role in their immoral relations. Thus he made it plain that God disapproves of all homosexual acts.
Passion
Greek Definition
1. a feeling which the mind suffers
2. an affliction of the mind, emotion, passion
3. passionate deed
4. used by the Greeks in either a good or bad sense
in the NT in a bad sense, depraved passion, vile passions
The original Greek word for
“sexual appetite” (pa′thos) was used by the first-century historian Josephus to describe the wife of Potiphar, who, because of an
“excess of passion [pa′thos],” tried to seduce the youth Joseph; and the man Amnon, who,
“burning with desire and goaded by the spur of passion [pa′thos], violated [raped] his sister.” The passion both of Potiphar’s wife and of Amnon was out of control.
Your arguement is that the Bible doesn't mention sexual orientation
If [pathos] does not indicate "sexual orientation" , burning with desire and goaded by the spur of passion, I would like to know by what definition of orientation you are using. From all accounts humans describe their orientation of sexuality as that which they desire more, men or women.
