What does the Bible say about gay marriages?
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The Bible teaches that marriage is a covenant union of one man and one woman, and that sexual intimacy belongs within that covenant; it therefore does not affirm same-sex marriage. Genesis 2:24 presents marriage as a man and woman becoming one flesh, a pattern Jesus also upheld. Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, Romans 1:26-27, and 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 identify same-sex sexual acts as sin, while Jude 1:7 warns against sexual immorality. Yet the gospel offers mercy, forgiveness, and new life to all who repent and trust Christ. Christians are called to speak truth with humility and love, honoring marriage, practicing sexual faithfulness, and loving neighbors as themselves.
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- Leviticus 18:22 11 votes
"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestible.
- Leviticus 20:13 10 votes
If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Jude 1:7 8 votes
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
- Romans 1:26-27 6 votes
[26] For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. [27] Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 5 votes
[9] Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, [10] nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God. [11] Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
- Genesis 2:24 5 votes
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Hebrews 13:4 5 votes
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Romans 13:8-10 3 votes
[8] Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. [9] For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." [10] Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
- 1 Timothy 5:8 2 votes
But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2 2 votes
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
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