The Bible teaches that human intimacy is a gift from God, intended for expression within the boundaries of a monogamous, heterosexual marriage. In 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, the apostle Paul lists various sinful behaviors, including those that violate God's design for human relationships. The book of Leviticus, specifically chapters 18 and 20, prohibits same-sex relations, while Romans 1:26-28 describes such behavior as contrary to God's natural order. Additionally, Jude 1:7 warns against immorality, citing the example of Sodom and Gomorrah, emphasizing the importance of adhering to God's standards for human relationships.
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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. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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. Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
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.
Jude 1:7
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In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.