Nov 2, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min · 11 segments
Is Sodomy in the Bible? What Scripture Says About Purity: Ep. 77 Is the word sodomy in the Bible? What does Scripture actually say about masturbation, lust, and sexual purity? In Ep. 77, Jonathan…
So.
Let's let's maybe start with this question, David.
I'm going to kick this question to you.
Got it.
Is the word sodomy in the
And this is where kind of our the exercise begins.
Yeah.
in our english translation bible okay uh in the the word sodomy is a modern word um which refers to unnatural sexual relations right so i i say that and we've talked and we were talking about this before because if you go to look up in say the strong's concordance and you go to try and find the word sodomy well you're not going to find it it's not there um but what we do have are the A variety of instructions on what to do and what not to do in terms of sexual purity.
Right.
And by definition, what is approved and disapproved, clean and unclean sin and, you know.
not sin right so we there's plenty of information in scripture to give us the full complete correct idea yeah of what is natural holy and approved by god okay i know you said you you know we're not wagging our holier than thou fingers at people and as a colloquialism no we're not but the word holy actually is very important when you when you approach the topic of sex Because holy means set apart.
And you cannot from a biblical perspective, you cannot from a biblical perspective approach the topic of sex and not approach the idea of holiness.
you cannot um the bible defines the appropriate sexual expression between a husband and a wife yeah and that's it which means it is confined to marriage and so therefore it is set apart from every other type of relationship that any culture is going to have yeah so it is a holy thing and it For some of our listeners, maybe they're not believers.
Maybe they're just interested in the topic.
Hey, this is a Christian biblical theology podcast.
So we are answering this question according to a biblical perspective.
Those things are not up for debate in that sense.
So that's not my opinion on the matter, but...
That's just what that's.
And so
Correct.
So.
Let's let's maybe start with this question, David.
I'm going to kick this question to you.
Got it.
Is the word sodomy in the
And this is where kind of our the exercise begins.
Yeah.
in our english translation bible okay uh in the the word sodomy is a modern word um which refers to unnatural sexual relations right so i i say that and we've talked and we were talking about this before because if you go to look up in say the strong's concordance and you go to try and find the word sodomy well you're not going to find it it's not there um but what we do have are the A variety of instructions on what to do and what not to do in terms of sexual purity.
Right.
And by definition, what is approved and disapproved, clean and unclean sin and, you know.
not sin right so we there's plenty of information in scripture to give us the full complete correct idea yeah of what is natural holy and approved by god okay i know you said you you know we're not wagging our holier than thou fingers at people and as a colloquialism no we're not but the word holy actually is very important when you when you approach the topic of sex Because holy means set apart.
And you cannot from a biblical perspective, you cannot from a biblical perspective approach the topic of sex and not approach the idea of holiness.
you cannot um the bible defines the appropriate sexual expression between a husband and a wife yeah and that's it which means it is confined to marriage and so therefore it is set apart from every other type of relationship that any culture is going to have yeah so it is a holy thing and it For some of our listeners, maybe they're not believers.
Maybe they're just interested in the topic.
Hey, this is a Christian biblical theology podcast.
So we are answering this question according to a biblical perspective.
Those things are not up for debate in that sense.
So that's not my opinion on the matter, but...
That's just what that's.
And so
Correct.
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