What Does Romans I Teach About Homosexuality?
Beverly Roberts Gavanta
From Frequently Asked Questions About Sexuality, the Bible, & the Church
In the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans, we find an
extended attack on humanity for its failure to live in a properly
creaturely relationship to God. Among the things Paul says in this
long accusation is that “their women exchanged natural intercourse for
unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural
intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another.
Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own
persons the due penalty for their error” (Romans 1:26-27).
Understandably, these lines prompt many Christians to regard Paul as
unequivocally opposed to homosexual relationships...





