"But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not obey me.

So I let them go their stubborn ways and do whatever they wanted.

The people of Israel are under the spell of idols. Let them go their own way.

After drinking much wine, they delight in their prostitution, preferring disgrace to honor.

"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."

So God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'People of Israel! It was not to me that you slaughtered and sacrificed animals for forty years in the desert.

In the past he allowed all people to go their own way.

Since we are God's children, we should not suppose that his nature is anything like an image of gold or silver or stone, shaped by human art and skill.

God has overlooked the times when people did not know him, but now he commands all of them everywhere to turn away from their evil ways.

and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn.

and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.

The result is that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in sin, will be condemned.

Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self.

Someone else will say, "Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food." Yes; but God will put an end to both. The body is not to be used for sexual immorality, but to serve the Lord; and the Lord provides for the body.

Avoid immorality. Any other sin a man commits does not affect his body; but the man who is guilty of sexual immorality sins against his own body.

Each of you should know how to live with your wife in a holy and honorable way,

In a large house there are dishes and bowls of all kinds: some are made of silver and gold, others of wood and clay; some are for special occasions, others for ordinary use.

Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with a pure heart call out to the Lord for help.

In the same way the men give up natural sexual relations with women and burn with passion for each other. Men do shameful things with each other, and as a result they bring upon themselves the punishment they deserve for their wrongdoing.

No man is to have sexual relations with another man; God hates that.