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 a blinding light 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 thing. They must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.
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 cravings 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 something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.
This is why God delivered them over to degrading passions. For even their females exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.
The males in the same way also left natural relations with females and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Males committed shameless acts with males and received in their own persons the appropriate penalty of their error.
Finally, brothers, pray for us that the Lord’s message may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you,
and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not all have faith.
But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.
We have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do what we command.
May the Lord direct your hearts to God’s love and Christ’s endurance.