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condemning homosexual behavior in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and 1 Timothy 1:9-10, among other sins that violate
God's intention for human sexuality, Paul uses arsenokoitēs (ἀρσενοκοίτης), translated as "men who have sex with
men" (NIV) and "practicing homosexuals" (NET). The NRSV translates this word as "sodomites" in both these texts.
Paul probably coined the Greek term, but it's clear to see how he came to use it—from texts such as Leviticus
18:22 and 20:13 that include the command, "don't lie with a male as one does with a female."
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For example, the sin of "adultery" (translations of forms or cognates of moicheuō [μοιχεύω]) occurs forty-eight
times in the NIV translation. "Sexual immorality" or "fornication" (translations of forms or cognates of porneia
[πορνεία]) is mentioned twenty-five times in the NT.
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