^13 (A)If there is a man who sleeps with a male as those who sleep with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they must be put to death. They have brought their ^[a]own deaths upon themselves.

⁹ Or ^(A)do you not know that the unrighteous will not ^(B)inherit the kingdom of God? ^(C)Do not be deceived; ^(D)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ^[a]homosexuals, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will ^(E)inherit the kingdom of God.

²¹ For even though they knew God, they did not ^[a]honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became ^(A)futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. ^22 (B)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and they ^(C)exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and ^[b]crawling creatures.

²⁴ Therefore ^(D)God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be ^(E)dishonored among them. ²⁵ For they exchanged the truth of God for ^[c](F)falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ^(G)who is blessed ^[d]forever. Amen.

²⁶ For this reason ^(H)God gave them over to ^(I)degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, ²⁷ and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations ^[e]with women and burned in their desire toward one another, ^(J)males with males committing ^[f]shameful acts and receiving in ^[g]their own persons the due penalty of their error.

²⁸ And just as they did not see fit ^[h]to acknowledge God, ^(K)God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, ²⁹ people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are ^(L)gossips, ³⁰ slanderers, ^[i](M)haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, ^(N)disobedient to parents, ³¹ without understanding, untrustworthy, ^(O)unfeeling, and unmerciful; ³² and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of ^(P)death, they not only do the same, but also ^(Q)approve of those who practice them.

²⁷ So God created man ^(A)in His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^(B)male and female He created them.

²⁸ You shall not make any cuts in your ^[a]body for the ^[b]dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.