The term "gay" in contemporary usage refers to individuals who experience romantic or sexual attraction to members of the same sex, particularly males. In the context of the Bible, the concept of same-sex relationships is addressed through various passages, though the term "gay" itself is not used in the biblical text.

Biblical References:

1. Sodom and Gomorrah: The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are often cited in discussions about homosexuality. Genesis 19 describes the destruction of these cities due to their grievous sins. The men of Sodom's demand to have relations with Lot's visitors is interpreted by many as an indication of homosexual behavior. Genesis 19:5 states, "They called out to Lot and asked, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!'"

2. Levitical Law: The Mosaic Law explicitly addresses homosexual acts. Leviticus 18:22 states, "You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination." Similarly, Leviticus 20:13 prescribes severe consequences for such actions: "If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them."

3. New Testament Teachings: The New Testament also addresses homosexual behavior. In Romans 1:26-27 , the Apostle Paul writes, "For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error."

4. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10: Paul lists those who will not inherit the kingdom of God, including those who engage in homosexual acts. The passage reads, "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God."

5. 1 Timothy 1:9-10: This passage reiterates the condemnation of homosexual acts within a list of behaviors contrary to sound doctrine. It states, "We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching."

Theological Perspectives:

From a conservative Christian perspective, the Bible is viewed as clearly prohibiting homosexual behavior. The passages cited are interpreted as evidence of God's design for human sexuality, which is intended to be expressed within the bounds of heterosexual marriage. This view holds that homosexual acts are contrary to the natural order established by God and are therefore considered sinful.

Pastoral Care and Ministry:

In addressing the topic of homosexuality, many conservative Christian communities emphasize the importance of compassion and pastoral care. While maintaining the belief that homosexual behavior is sinful, these communities often stress the need for love, support, and guidance for individuals experiencing same-sex attraction. The focus is on encouraging individuals to live in accordance with biblical teachings while offering grace and understanding.1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.
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1 John 4:16
And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
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Leviticus 18:22
You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
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Leviticus 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on them.
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Romans 1:26-27
For this cause God gave them up to vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
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Genesis 19:1-38
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
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Romans 1:26
For this cause God gave them up to vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
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Romans 1:27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
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1 Corinthians 6:9
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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1 Timothy 1:10
For fornicators, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for enslavers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
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1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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1. (superl.) Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.

2. (superl.) Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.

3. (superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd.

4. (n.) An ornament

1067. geenna -- Gehenna, a valley W. and South of Jer., also a ...
... Word Origin of Hebrew origin gay and Hinnom Definition Gehenna, a valley W. and
S. of Jer., also a symbolic name for the final place of punishment of the ...
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2906. krauge -- an outcry
... an outcry. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: krauge Phonetic Spelling:
(krow-gay') Short Definition: a shout, clamor, outcry Definition: (a) a ...
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411. anekdiegetos -- inexpressible
... inexpressible. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anekdiegetos Phonetic
Spelling: (an-ek-dee-ay'-gay-tos) Short Definition: indescribable, that cannot ...
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4127. plege -- a blow, wound
... a blow, wound. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: plege Phonetic Spelling:
(play-gay') Short Definition: a blow, stripe, wound Definition: a blow ...
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4602. sige -- silence
... sige. 4603 . silence. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sige Phonetic
Spelling: (see-gay') Short Definition: silence Definition: silence. ...
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2986. lampros -- bright
... From the same as lampas; radiant; by analogy, limpid; figuratively, magnificent
or sumptuous (in appearance) -- bright, clear, gay, goodly, gorgeous, white. ...
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1997. episunagoge -- a gathering together, an assembly
... a gathering together, an assembly. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
episunagoge Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-soon-ag-o-gay') Short Definition: a ...
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3709. orge -- impulse, wrath
... impulse, wrath. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: orge Phonetic Spelling:
(or-gay') Short Definition: anger, wrath, passion Definition: anger ...
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72. agoge -- a carrying away, leading, guiding
... a carrying away, leading, guiding. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
agoge Phonetic Spelling: (ag-o-gay') Short Definition: conduct Definition: a ...
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1898. epeisagoge -- a bringing in besides
... a bringing in besides. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epeisagoge
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ice-ag-o-gay') Short Definition: bringing in ...
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1516. gay -- a valley
gay or gay. 1515, 1516. gay or gay. 1517 . a valley. Transliteration: gay
or gay Phonetic Spelling: (gah'-ee) Short Definition: valley. ...
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1522. Gechazi -- perhaps "valley of vision," servant of Elisha
... perhaps "valley of vision," servant of Elisha. Transliteration: Gechazi or Gechazi
Phonetic Spelling: (gay-khah-zee') Short Definition: Gehazi. ...
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1648. Gereshon -- a son of Levi
... 1647, 1648. Gereshon or Gereshom. 1649 . a son of Levi. Transliteration: Gereshon
or Gereshom Phonetic Spelling: (gay-resh-one') Short Definition: Gershon. ...
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1467. gevah -- pride
... 1466, 1467. gevah. 1468 . pride. Transliteration: gevah Phonetic Spelling:
(gay-vaw') Short Definition: pride. Word Origin (Aramaic ...
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1374. Gebim -- "trenches," a place North of Jer.
... 1373b, 1374. Gebim. 1375 . "trenches," a place North of Jer. Transliteration:
Gebim Phonetic Spelling: (gay-beem') Short Definition: Gebim. Word Origin pl. ...
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1466. gevah -- pride
... 1465, 1466. gevah. 1467 . pride. Transliteration: gevah Phonetic Spelling:
(gay-vaw') Short Definition: pride. Word Origin from ...
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1625. gerah -- cud
... gerah. 1626 . cud. Transliteration: gerah Phonetic Spelling: (gay-raw') Short
Definition: cud. Word Origin from garar Definition cud NASB Word Usage cud (11). ...
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1456. gehah -- a healing, cure
... 1455, 1456. gehah. 1457 . a healing, cure. Transliteration: gehah Phonetic
Spelling: (gay-haw') Short Definition: medicine. Word ...
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4774. margeah -- a rest, repose
... 4773, 4774. margeah. 4775 . a rest, repose. Transliteration: margeah
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-gay-aw') Short Definition: repose. ...
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1647. Gereshom -- three Israelites
... 1646, 1647. Gereshom. 1648 . three Israelites. Transliteration: Gereshom
Phonetic Spelling: (gay-resh-ome') Short Definition: Gershom. ...
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A Cultivated Conservative Friend of Mine once Exhibited Great ...
... Chapter 42 A cultivated Conservative friend of mine once exhibited great
distress because in a gay moment? A cultivated Conservative ...
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Ode on the Installation of the Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of ...
... Alma Mater chooses Not to be for ever sober: But, like stately matron gray, Calling
child and grandchild round her, Will for them at least be gay; Share for ...
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The Story of Joseph
... His father had made it for him of different pieces of coloured cloth joined together,
and it was so gay and beautiful that every one who saw him wearing it said ...
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Humility
... The clear blue water, land- locked with mountains; the meadows on the shore, gay
with their lilies of the field, on which our Lord bade them look, and know the ...
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Christmas Day
... pools glittering on the long white roads, And shadows sweeping on from down to down
Before the salt Atlantic gale: yet come In whatsoever garb, or gay, or sad ...
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From the World to God
... But these convents, which were left open to intercourse with the world, were very
frequently places of worldly amusement, and the girls lived a gay life, in ...
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Picture of a Pauline Church
... The day's work at the busy seaport is over, and the streets are thronged with gay
revelers intent on a night of pleasure, for it is the wickedest city of that ...
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Obadiah
... the beautiful hills of Samaria, ceiled with cedar and painted with vermilion, with
its olive groves and vineyards, and rich gardens full of gay flowers and ...
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Dolcino to Margaret
... For woman is warm though man be cold, And the night will hallow the day; Till the
heart which at even was weary and old Can rise in the morning gay, Sweet wife ...
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Original Sin
... The writings of many of the ancients abound with gay descriptions of the dignity
of man; whom some of them paint as having all virtue and happiness in his ...
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Gay (2 Occurrences)
... richly dressed. 3. (superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd. 4. (n.) An ornament.
Multi-Version Concordance Gay (2 Occurrences). James 2:2 ...
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Gaudy (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but
tawdry or meretricious. 2. (superl.) Gay; merry; festal. ...
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Gallant (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed. ... 4. (n.) A man of
mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood. ...
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Smile (4 Occurrences)
... to sneer. 3. (vi) To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited
to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty. 4. (vi ...
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Gavest (36 Occurrences)

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Gaza (22 Occurrences)

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Untoward (1 Occurrence)
... Hence, "not-toward," or "untoward.". VALLEY GATE. (sha`ar ha-gay', "Gate of the
Gai"): Is placed (Nehemiah 3:13) between the "tower of the furnaces" and the ...
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Old (3966 Occurrences)
... reproach. 11. (superl.) Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as,
the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. 12. ...
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Joyous (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring
joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. ...
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Laugh (23 Occurrences)
... in laughter. 2. (vi) Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful,
lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. 3. (vt ...
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