" 'As for the man who lies with a male [as] lying [with] a woman, they have committed a detestable thing; they shall surely be put to death--their blood [is] on them.

and you look favorably on the one wearing the fine clothing and you say, "Be seated here in a good place," and to the poor person you say, "You stand or be seated there by my footstool,"

And you shall not lie with a male as lying {with} a woman; that [is] a detestable thing.

sexually immoral people, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and {whatever} else is opposed to sound teaching,

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive homosexual partners, nor dominant homosexual partners,

For if someone enters into your assembly in fine clothing with a gold ring on his finger, and a poor person in filthy clothing also enters,

and likewise also the males, abandoning the natural relations with the female, were inflamed in their desire toward one another, males with males committing the shameless deed, and receiving in themselves the penalty that was necessary for their error.

as Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them indulged in sexual immorality and {pursued unnatural desire} [in] the same way as these, are exhibited as an example [by] undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, [things] which I am telling you [in advance], just as I said before, that the ones who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Outside [are] the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral people and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who loves and who practices falsehood.

"If a man is found lying {with a married woman}, then they shall both die; {both of them}, the man who lay with the woman and the woman [also], so you shall purge the evil from Israel.

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among people by which we must be saved."

My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.

And [there was] a woman who was {suffering from hemorrhages} twelve years.

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?

Blessed [are] those who are persecuted because of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But you wrong and defraud, and [do] this [to] brothers!

Blessed [are] the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.

And immediately her {hemorrhage stopped} and she realized in her body that she was healed of her suffering.

Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,

Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean from contact with a corpse touches any of these, will it become unclean?" The priests answered, "Yes, it will be become unclean."

Blessed [are] the pure in heart, because they will see God.

Blessed [are] the meek, because they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute [you] and say all kinds of evil things against you, lying on account of me.

Marriage [must be] held in honor by all, and the marriage bed [be] undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

A person will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

Because better [is] a day in your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would rather be at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in [the] tents of wickedness.

The fool is set in many high places, but the rich sit in lowly places.

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness,

A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has prepared herself.

who satisfies your life with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Blessed [are] the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

It is better to be lowly and a servant {to someone} than self-glorifying and lacking food.

For my yoke [is] easy to carry and my burden is light."

Rejoice and be glad, because your reward [is] great in heaven, for in the [same] way they persecuted the prophets before you.

On [the] twenty-fourth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Haggai, saying,