Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.
They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
But the angels reached out, brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they were unable to find the entrance.
You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.
If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed a detestable act. They must be put to death; their death is their own fault.
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.
For this reason God delivered them over to disgraceful passions. Their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.
The men in the same way also left natural relations with women and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the appropriate penalty of their error.
In addition, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you,
and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not all have faith.
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
We have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
May the Lord direct your hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance.