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1Ti 1:9,10 "Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,  For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, ''[arsenokoitai]'' for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;"  

1Ti 1:9,10 "Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,  For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, ''[arsenokoitai]'' for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;"  

The controversy here focuses upon two obscure words, ''malakos'' (''soft'')and ''arsenokoitai'' (''male beds''), which prohomosex advocates have much labored with to disallow them as referring to homosexuals or homosex in general, and which attempts and their nature can be best seen in traditionalist responses.<ref>[http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj3h.pdf THE SOURCE AND NT MEANING OF ARSENOKOITAI, WITH IMPLICATIONS OR CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND MINISTRY, James B. De Young]</ref><ref>[ http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/homosexuality_corinthians6.pdf The Condemnation of Homosexuality in 1 Corinthians 6:9 David E. Malick</ref><ref>[http://www.catalystresources.org/issues/222dodd.html PAUL, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11]</ref><ref>[http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/homosexuality_revisited.pdf Homosexuality Revisited in Light of the Current Climate 1by Calvin Smith]</ref><ref>[http://thetruthsetsyoufree.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/linguistic-grounds-for-translating-arsenokoitai-as-homosexuals Linguistic Grounds for Translating Arsenokoitai as “Homosexuals”] De Young, J. B. (2000). Homosexuality: Contemporary Claims Examined in Light of the Bible and Other Ancient Literature and Law. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications</ref><ref>[http://www.nwnet.org/~prisca/THE%20MALAKOI%20AND%20ARSENOKOITAI.htm THE MALAKOI AND ARSENOKOITAI (I COR 6:9): WHAT IS REALLY MEANT BY THESE TERMS?]</ref><ref>http://www.robgagnon.net/articles/homoBalchHBTReview2.pdf</ref>  

The controversy here focuses upon two obscure words, ''malakos'' (''soft'') and ''arsenokoitai'' (''male beds''), which prohomosex advocates have much labored with to disallow them as referring to homosexuals or homosex in general, and which attempts and their nature can be best seen in traditionalist responses.<ref>[http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj3h.pdf THE SOURCE AND NT MEANING OF ARSENOKOITAI, WITH IMPLICATIONS OR CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND MINISTRY, James B. De Young]</ref><ref>[ http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/homosexuality_corinthians6.pdf The Condemnation of Homosexuality in 1 Corinthians 6:9 David E. Malick</ref><ref>[http://www.catalystresources.org/issues/222dodd.html PAUL, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11]</ref><ref>[http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/homosexuality_revisited.pdf Homosexuality Revisited in Light of the Current Climate 1by Calvin Smith]</ref><ref>[http://thetruthsetsyoufree.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/linguistic-grounds-for-translating-arsenokoitai-as-homosexuals Linguistic Grounds for Translating Arsenokoitai as “Homosexuals”] De Young, J. B. (2000). Homosexuality: Contemporary Claims Examined in Light of the Bible and Other Ancient Literature and Law. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications</ref><ref>[http://www.nwnet.org/~prisca/THE%20MALAKOI%20AND%20ARSENOKOITAI.htm THE MALAKOI AND ARSENOKOITAI (I COR 6:9): WHAT IS REALLY MEANT BY THESE TERMS?]</ref><ref>http://www.robgagnon.net/articles/homoBalchHBTReview2.pdf</ref>  

Scroggs perceives arsenokoitai as referring to pederasty. Boswell believed that it referred to “active male prostitutes. . . . capable of the active role with either men or women”<ref>Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality [University of Chicago Press, 1980], 344</ref>  

Scroggs perceives arsenokoitai as referring to pederasty. Boswell believed that it referred to “active male prostitutes. . . . capable of the active role with either men or women”<ref>Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality [University of Chicago Press, 1980], 344</ref>  

Calvin Smith adds,  

Calvin Smith adds,  

Wright  has  highlighted  a  major  problem  here.  If  Paul  simply borrowed an existing vice list referring to very general sexual vices, including widespread and very general forms of pederasty, how can Scroggs then suggest Paul  is  identifying a very precise  form of this vice?<ref>Wright, `Homosexuality: The Relevance of the Bible’ (op. cit.), 296.</ref> A number of other exegetes concur.  .... example, malakos could mean `call-boy', or something similar, and both  words  together  could  be  referring  to  the  active  and  passive roles  in  the  homosexual  act  (thus  malakos  would  be  the  male But Malick argues the terms clearly  mean  more  than  this,  that  linguistically  they  cannot  be limited  to  this  understanding  alone  (other  traditionalists  agree).http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/homosexuality_revisited.pdf

Wright  has  highlighted  a  major  problem  here.  If  Paul  simply borrowed an existing vice list referring to very general sexual vices, including widespread and very general forms of pederasty, how can Scroggs then suggest Paul  is  identifying a very precise  form of this vice?<ref>Wright, `Homosexuality: The Relevance of the Bible’ (op. cit.), 296.</ref> A number of other exegetes concur.  .... example, malakos could mean `call-boy', or something similar, and both  words  together  could  be  referring  to  the  active  and  passive roles  in  the  homosexual  act  (thus  malakos  would  be  the  male But Malick argues the terms clearly  mean  more  than  this,  that  linguistically  they  cannot  be limited  to  this  understanding  alone  (other  traditionalists  agree).<ref>http://www.theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/homosexuality_revisited.pdf</ref.

Ukleja also has identified these terms in several examples of classical Greek literature, which  clearly  refer  to  homosexuals.<ref>P.  Michael  Ukleja,  `Homosexuality  in  the  New Testament' in Bibliotheca Sacra 140 (1983).</ref>

Ukleja also has identified these terms in several examples of classical Greek literature, which  clearly  refer  to  homosexuals.<ref>P.  Michael  Ukleja,  `Homosexuality  in  the  New Testament' in Bibliotheca Sacra 140 (1983).</ref>