ArchivedI found all of my answers in the BiblePreacher in Training writes: By the way, Preacher in training...., if you have ANYTHING to say, please elaborate and exound as I have-don't answer in one word responses. Thanks . According to Nelson's Bible Dictionary Corinth was ancient Greece's most important trade city. 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 gambling, legalized temple prostitution, business adventures, and amusements available in this first century navy town. 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, lived there. Homeless slaves, free or runaway, roamed the streets day and night. Prostitutes (both male and female) were abundant. All of the Mediterranean world relished the lack of standards and the freedom of thought that prevailed in the city. These were the people who eventually made up the Corinthian church. They had to learn how to live together in harmony, although their national, social, economic, and religious backgrounds were very different. Near the city's market place were the butcher stalls or meat markets that Paul mentioned in 1 Corinthians 10:25. The meat was often dedicated to pagan idols before being sold. This presented a culturo-religious problem for the Christians in Corinth. Rising 1,500 feet above the city and to the south of the acropolis was a fortified hill upon which loomed the infamous Temple of Aphrodite or Venus. This pagan temple and its 1,000 temple prostitutes greatly influenced the city's culture and morals. Paul wrote two letters to the church in Corinth and both dealt with divisions in the church, as well as immorality and the abuse of Christian freedom. With this in mind let us do a word study of 1 Corinthians 6:9 using a Strong's Greek Dictionary. This dictionary takes each word in the King James Version and gives the Greek definition. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 The phrase we want to look at is: nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind. According to Strong's the Greek word translated as effeminate is #3120, malakos (mal-ak-os'); of uncertain affinity; soft, i.e. fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite. A catamite, according to Webster's is a kept boy. In these days it was very common for young males to prostitute themselves to older, wealthy men in exchange for money, education or a place to live. These were not intended to be love relationships. Many of these men were married to women. These boys were simply kept for sexual purposes as live-in prostitutes. As I stated in the Gay Lifestyle section of this article, I do not defend this type of activity. Unfortunately, today, there is a group of young, male prostitutes that has come about because their parents kicked them out of the house for being gay. These are two different things. Young male prostitutes do not equal homosexuals and homosexuals do not equal young male prostitutes. Prostitution has nothing to do with homosexuality. The next part of the phrase in question is translated as abusers of themselves with mankind. According to Strong's Dictionary there is only one word that is translated as abusers of themselves with mankind. # 733 arsenokoites (ar-sen-ok-oy'-tace); from 730 and 2845; a sodomite: The word sodomite means male temple prostitute. This word has a Hebrew (or Old Testament) counterpart. In the Strong's dictionary the Hebrew word is #6945 qadesh (kaw-dashe'); a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry. Although the definition is clear, some versions of the Bible translate this as homosexual while other versions correctly translate it to male temple or shrine prostitute. Notice the following example of one of those scriptures. The New International Version reads: Deuteronomy 23:17-18 Now look at how this scripture is mistranslated in The Living Bible: Deuteronomy 23:17-18 There may be some homosexual prostitutes, but not all homosexuals are prostitutes. Likewise, there may be female prostitutes, but not all females are prostitutes. Furthermore, under Gods grace through faith in Jesus Christ, ALL may obtain eternal life. |
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