⁴ He answered, ^(A)“Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

²⁶ For this reason ^(A)God gave them up to ^(B)dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; ²⁷ and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, ^(C)men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

⁶ But ^(A)from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them ^(B)male and female.’