Bible verses about "effeminate" | Rotherham

¹ So the two messengers went in towards Sodom, at eventide, Lot, being seated in the gate of Sodom,––so Lot beheld, and rose up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth. ² And he said, Behold, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into the house of your servant,––and tarry the night, and bathe your feet, so shall ye rise early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay, but, in the broadway, will we tarry the night. ³ But he became exceeding urgent with them, so they turned aside unto him, and entered into his house,––and he made for them a banquet, unleavened cakes, also did he bake, and they did eat.
⁴ Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city––the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth, even unto age,––all the people from every quarter. ⁵ And they called unto Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who have come in unto thee, tonight? Bring them forth unto us, and let us know them! ⁶ And Lot went forth unto them, to the entrance; but, the door, closed he behind him. ⁷ And he said,––Do not, I pray you, my brethren, act wickedly. ⁸ Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs, now, bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye, to them, as may be good in your eyes,––Only, to these men, ye may do nothing; for, on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof. ⁹ And they said, Stand back, And they said, This one, by himself, hath come in to sojourn, and must always be acting the judge, Now, will we do more wickedly to thee, than to them. So they pressed sore upon the man––upon Lot––exceedingly, and drew near to break open the door. ¹⁰ And the men thrust forth their hand, and brought Lot in unto them, into the house––and, the door, they closed: ¹¹ the men also who were at the entrance of the house, smote they with blindness, from small even unto great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
¹² And the men said unto Lot, Whom, besides, hast thou here? Son–in–law, and thy sons and thy daughters, and all that thou hast in the city, bring thou forth out of the place; ¹³ For we are about to destroy this place,––for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it. ¹⁴ And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons–in–law who were about to take his two daughters, and said, Arise, come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons–in–law.
¹⁵ But, as soon as, the dawn, had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot, saying,––Arise! take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city. ¹⁶ And he lingered––so the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him,––and they brought him out, and led him forth outside the city. ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale,––To the mountain, escape thou, lest thou be swept away. ¹⁸ And Lot said unto them,––No, I pray thee, My Lord! ¹⁹ Behold, I pray thee, thy servant hath found favour in thine eyes, so that thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness which thou hast performed with me, in keeping alive my soul.––But, I, cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity overtake me, so shall I die. ²⁰ Behold, I pray thee, this city, is near, for fleeing thither, And, it, is a little one,––let me, I pray thee, escape thither––is it not a, little, one? That my soul may live! ²¹ And he said unto him, Behold! I have lifted up thy countenance, even as to this thing,––so that I will not overthrow the city, of which thou hast spoken. ²² Haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause, was the name of the city called, Zoar. ²³ When, the sun, had come forth on the earth, Lot, had entered into Zoar.
²⁴ And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire,––from Yahweh, out of the heavens: ²⁵ so he overthrew these cities, and all the circuit,––and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the ground.
²⁶ But his wife looked from behind him,––and became––a pillar of salt.
²⁷ And Abraham gat up early in the morning,––unto the place, where he had stood before Yahweh; ²⁸ and he looked out over the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and over all the face of the land of the circuit,––and beheld, and lo! the smoke of the land went up, like the smoke of a furnace. ²⁹ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the circuit, that God remembered Abraham,––and sent forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt.
³⁰ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar,––so he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters. ³¹ And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father, is old,––and, a man, there is not in the earth, to come in unto us, after the way of all the earth. ³² Come on! let us cause our father to drink wine, and let us lie with him,––that we may keep alive, from our father, a seed. ³³ So they caused their father to drink wine, that night,––and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father, but he noticed not her lying down nor her rising up. ³⁴ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Lo! I lay, last night, with my father,––let us cause him to drink wine, this night also, and go thou in––lie with him, that we may keep alive, from our father, a seed. ³⁵ So they caused their father, on that night also, to drink wine,––and the younger arose, and lay with him, but he noticed not her lying down, nor her rising up. ³⁶ Thus did, the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father. ³⁷ And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab,––the same, is the father of Moab, unto this day. ³⁸ And, the younger––she also, bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi,––the same, is the father of the sons of Ammon––unto this day.

²² And, with mankind, shalt thou not lie, as with womankind,––an abomination, it is.

²⁶ For this cause, God gave them up unto dishonourable passions; for, even their females, exchanged away the natural use into that which is against nature,–– ²⁷ In like manner also, even the males, leaving the natural use of the female, flamed out in their eager desire one for another, males with males, the indecency, effecting,––and, the necessary recompence of their error, within themselves, duly receiving; ––

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated unto the glad–message of God–– ² Which he promised beforehand, through his prophets, in holy scriptures–– ³ Concerning his Son,––who came to be of the seed of David, according to flesh, ⁴ Who was distinguished as the Son of God––by power, according to a Holy Spirit, through means of a resurrection of the dead,––Jesus Christ our Lord; ⁵ Through whom we have received favour and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name, ⁶ Among whom are, ye also, called of Jesus Christ: ⁷ Unto all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints, favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.
⁸ First, indeed, I give thanks unto my God, through Jesus Christ, concerning you all, because your faith is being announced throughout the whole world. ⁹ For God is, my witness,––unto whom I am rendering divine service in my spirit, in the glad message of his Son,––how incessantly, I am making mention of you ¹⁰ At all times in my prayers,––making supplication––if, by some means, even now, at any time, I may have a way opened, in the will of God, to come unto you; ¹¹ For I am longing to see you, that I may impart some spiritual gift unto you, to the end ye may be established,–– ¹² That is to say––there may be a mutual encouragement among you, each by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. ¹³ I do not wish however that ye should be ignorant, brethren, that, many times, have I purposed to come unto you, but have been hindered, until the present,––in order that, some fruit, I might have among you also, even as among the other nations, ¹⁴ Both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to wise and to unwise, a debtor, I am: ¹⁵ Thus, the eagerness on my part––unto you also who are in Rome, to announce the joyful message.
¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the joyful message; for it is God’s power unto salvation, to every one that believeth, both to Jew [first] and to Greek; ¹⁷ For, a righteousness of God, is therein revealed,––by faith unto faith: even as it is written––But, he that is righteous, by faith, shall live. ¹⁸ For there is being revealed an anger of God from heaven––against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who, the truth, in unrighteousness, do hold down; ––
¹⁹ Inasmuch as, what may be known of God, is manifest among them, for, God, unto them, hath made it manifest,–– ²⁰ For, the unseen things of him, from a world’s creation, by the things made, being perceived, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and divinity,––to the end they should be without excuse; ²¹ Inasmuch as, having come to know God, not, as God, did they glorify him, or give him thanks, but were made fruitless in their reasonings, and darkened was their undiscerning heart, ²² Professing to be wise, they were made foolish, ²³ And, exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God, for the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and reptiles: ²⁴ Wherefore God gave them up in the covetings of their hearts unto impurity, so as to be dishonouring their bodies among them,–– ²⁵ Who, indeed, exchanged away the truth of God for the falsehood, and rendered worship and service unto the creature rather than unto the Creator,––who is blessed unto the ages. Amen! ²⁶ For this cause, God gave them up unto dishonourable passions; for, even their females, exchanged away the natural use into that which is against nature,–– ²⁷ In like manner also, even the males, leaving the natural use of the female, flamed out in their eager desire one for another, males with males, the indecency, effecting,––and, the necessary recompence of their error, within themselves, duly receiving; –– ²⁸ And, even as they did not approve to be holding, God, in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a disapproved mind to be doing the things that are not becoming, ²⁹ Filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, baseness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil disposition, ³⁰ Whisperers, detractors, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, vain boasters, inventors of vices, unto parents unyielding, ³¹ Without discernment, regardless of covenants, without natural affection, unmerciful:–– ³² Who, indeed, having acknowledged the righteous sentence of God,––that, they who such things as these do practise, are worthy of death, not only, the same things, are doing, but are even delighting together with them who are practising [them].

⁴ Let marriage be honourable in all, and the bed undefiled, for, fornicators and adulterers, God, will judge.

¹³ And, any man who lieth with mankind as with womankind, an abomination, have both of them wrought,––they shall, surely be put to death,––their blood, shall be upon themselves.

⁵ A woman shall not have on, the wearing apparel of a man, nor shall a man put on the mantle of a woman; for, an abomination to Yahweh thy God, is any one who doeth these things.

⁹ Or know ye not that, wrong–doers, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom? Be not deceiving yourselves:––neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners––shall inherit, God’s kingdom.

¹ Dare any of you, having, a matter against his brother, sue for judgment before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? ² Or know ye not that, the saints, shall judge the world? And, if, by you, the world, is to be judged, unworthy are ye of the smallest judgment–seats? ³ Know ye not that we shall judge, messengers? and not, then, matters of this life? ⁴ If, then, for matters of this, life ye have judgment–seats, them who are of no account in the assembly, these, are ye seating thereupon? ⁵ With a view to shame you, am I speaking. So, is it possible that there is among you––not so much as one wise man, who shall be able to judge between his brethren,–– ⁶ But, brother with brother, sueth for judgment, and that before unbelievers? ⁷ Already, indeed, it is an utter defeat for you, that ye are having, law–suits, one with another. Wherefore are ye not rather taking wrong? Wherefore are ye not rather suffering yourselves to be defrauded? ⁸ Nay! but, ye, are doing wrong, and defrauding,––and that [your] brethren.
⁹ Or know ye not that, wrong–doers, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom? Be not deceiving yourselves:––neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners––shall inherit, God’s kingdom. ¹¹ And, these things, were some of you; but ye bathed them away,––but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified, in the name of [our] Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
¹² All things, unto me, are allowable, but, not all things, are profitable: all things, unto me, are allowable, but, I, will not be brought under authority by any. ¹³ Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods; but, God, will set aside, both it and them. The body, however, is not for fornication, but, for the Lord,––and, the Lord, for the body. ¹⁴ God, moreover, hath both raised up, the Lord, and will raise, us, up from among [the dead] through his power. ¹⁵ Know ye not that, your bodies, are, members of Christ? Shall I, then, take away the members of the Christ and make them members of a harlot? Far be it! ¹⁶ Or know ye not that, he that joineth himself unto the harlot, is, one body? For, saith he, the two, shall become, one flesh; ¹⁷ But, he that joineth himself unto the Lord, is, one Spirit. ¹⁸ Flee fornication! Every sin, whatsoever a man shall commit, is, outside his body, but, he that committeth fornication, bringeth sin into his own body. ¹⁹ Or know ye not that, your body, is, a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own; –– ²⁰ For ye have been bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.

¹⁰ fornicators, sodomites, man–stealers, liars, false–swearers,––and, if anything else, unto the healthful teaching, is opposed; ––

⁹ Or know ye not that, wrong–doers, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom? Be not deceiving yourselves:––neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,