Apostle Paul and Homosexuaity
Paul's meaning of “unrighteous” is explained by the list of vices that make up most of verses 9 and 10. Notably, the only sin listed in these verses that is not also listed and identified as a sin in Leviticus 18–20 is drunkenness. Obviously, then, the entire teaching of that passage must be allowed to have its full weight in the interpretation of Paul’s list of sins that defines the lives of those who are “unrighteous.” Outside of the constant assertion that the Christian Scriptures are simply not able to address the “modern” concept of homosexuality (including orientation), the controversy over the passage is summed up in the meaning of the term translated by the NASB as homosexuals. The Greek term is arsenokoites, and almost every revisionist attempt to remove 1 Corinthians 6:9 (and 1 Timothy 1:10) from the discussion of homosexuality in the Bible is focused on narrowing the meaning of this term in such a way as to allow for at least forms of homosexual expression if not the ent...