ArchivedI found all of my answers in the BibleDuring Paul's ministry the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures were used because most Jews did not read Hebrew. In the Septuagint you will find the Greek words "arsen" and "koites" used in Leviticus 18:22. So you can appeal to the Roman culture found only in Corinth all you want, his readers understood what Paul meant.
Now that you have addressed preacherintraining how about addressing Romans 1:26-27 using your criteria.
BTW, if you are going to cite an article from Unger's why not copy and paste the whole article:
CORINTH
CORINTH
[KAWR inth] -- ancient Greece's most important trade city (Acts 18:1; 19:1; 1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1,23; 2 Tim 4:20). Ideally situated on the Isthmus of Corinth between the Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea (see Map 7, B-2), Corinth was the connecting link between Rome, the capital of the world, and the East. At Corinth the apostle Paul established a flourishing church, made up of a cross section of the worldly minded people who had flocked to Corinth to participate in the gambling, legalized temple prostitution, business adventures, and amusements available in a first-century navy town (1 Cor 6:9-11).
Although the apostle Paul did not establish the church in Corinth until about A.D. 51 AD (Acts 18:1-18 ), the city's history dates back to 10000 BC, when ancient tribesmen first settled the site. Always a commercial and trade center, Corinth was already prosperous and famous for its bronze, pottery, and shipbuilding nearly 800 years before Christ. The Greek poet Homer mentioned "wealthy Corinth" in 850 BC
In the following centuries Corinth competed for power with Athens, its stronger neighbor across the isthmus to the north. And in 146 BC invading Roman armies destroyed Corinth, killing the men and enslaving the women and children. Only a token settlement remained until 44 BC, when Julius Caesar ordered the city rebuilt. Not only did he restore it as the capital city of the Roman province of Achaia; he also repopulated it with freed Italians and slaves from every nation. Soon the merchants flocked back to Corinth, too.
The city soon became a melting pot for the approximately 500,000 people who lived there at the time of Paul's arrival. Merchants and sailors, anxious to work the docks, migrated to Corinth. Professional gamblers and athletes, betting on the Isthmian games, took up residence. Slaves, sometimes freed but with no place to go, roamed the streets day and night. And prostitutes (both male and female) were abundant. People from Rome, the rest of Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor-indeed, all of the Mediterranean world-relished the lack of standards and freedom of thought that prevailed in the city.
These were the people who eventually made up the Corinthian church. They had to learn to live together in harmony, although their national, social, economic, and religious backgrounds were very different.
Perched on a narrow strip of land connecting the Peloponnesus, a peninsula of southern Greece, with central Greece and the rest of Europe, Corinth enjoyed a steady flow of trade. The city had two splendid harbor cities-Cenchreae, the eastern port on the Saronic Gulf; and Lechaeum, the western port on the Corinthian Gulf.
In the outlying areas around Corinth, farmers tended their grain fields, vineyards, and olive groves. But the pulse of Corinth was the city itself, enclosed by walls ten kilometers (six miles) in circumference. Most of the daily business was conducted in the marble-paved agora, or marketplace, in the central part of the city. Although only one percent of the ancient city has been excavated by archaeologists, some interesting discoveries give ideas of what the city was like when Paul arrived.
A marble lintel or crosspiece of a door was found near the residential section of Corinth. It bore the inscription, "Synagogue of the Hebrews." This may have been the very synagogue in which Paul first proclaimed the gospel message to Corinth, accompanied by his new-found Jewish friends, Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:2).
Not far from the synagogue excavation site was the magnificient judgment seat, covered with ornate blue and white marble. There, the Roman proconsul of Achaia, Gallio, dismissed Paul's case (Acts 18:12-17).
South of the marketplace were the butcher stalls (shambles, KJV; meat market, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NEB, RSV) that Paul mentioned in 1 Cor 10:25. Corinthians purchased their meat from these butcher stalls. The meat was often dedicated to pagan idols before being sold. This presented a cultural problem for the Christians in Corinth (1 Cor 8 ).
Today the Temple of Apollo, partially in ruins, towers above the ancient marketplace. Each fluted Doric column, about seven meters (almost 24 feet) tall, was cut from a single piece of stone in one of several quarries outside Corinth's walls.
Rising 457 meters (1,500 feet) above the city itself and to the south is the acropolis, or citadel. From there, the acropolis at Athens, about 73 kilometers (45 miles) away, can be seen. Also, the infamous Temple of Aphrodite (or Venus) was located on top of this fortified hill. This pagan temple and its 1,000 "religious" prostitutes poisoned the city's culture and morals. For this reason, the apostle Paul sometimes had to deal harshly with the converts in the Corinthian church. Most of the Corinthians had lived in this godless society all their lives, and the idea of tolerating incest had not seemed so terrible to them (1 Cor 5).
In spite of Corinth's notorious reputation, God used the apostle Paul to establish a vigorous church in the city about A.D. 51 AD (Acts 18:1-18 ). Later, Paul wrote at least two letters to the church at Corinth (see CORINTHIANS, EPISTLES TO THE). Both deal with divisions in the church, as well as immorality and the abuse of Christian freedom.
The Corinth that Paul knew was partially destroyed by an earthquake in A.D. 521 AD, then totally devastated by another in 1858. Modern Corinth, rebuilt about four kilometers (2.5 miles) from the ancient site, is little more than a town. It is certainly not a thriving trade center, but the inhabitants only need to look at the ancient ruins to recall the former glory of their city. The success of the gospel at Corinth-bittersweet though it was-illustrates that the grace of God comes not so much to the noble as to the needy.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
The city was Roman not Greek so this takes us back to Romans 1:26-27 doesn't it?
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