Category: What does the Bible say?

We decided to know the biblical texts in which we talk about homosexuality and to find out what their interpretation in the light of biblical studies is, more or less shared, by our churches.

Evangelicals / What does the Bible say? / Reflections

Cosa dice la storia biblica di Sodoma e Gomorra sull’omosessualità? Niente di ciò che credi!

Text by Rebecca Karnsund* published on the LGBTQ & the Bible website: What does God say? (United States). Freely translated by Jonathan Project volunteers Sodom and Gomorrah was the biblical story that I thought proved homosexuality was wrong. But when I sat down to actually re-read the text last year, I couldn't find the point where...

Evangelicals / What does the Bible say?

Is god homophobic?

Article by the Protestant theologian Gérard Siegwald* published in Réforme (France) on 30 June 2005, freely translated by Dino Choosing among the few passages regarding homosexuality found first in the Old - the First Testament, and then in the New - the Second Testament, I will cite on the one hand the prohibition (Leviticus 18,22): "You shall not lie with a man as one lies with a...

Evangelicals / What does the Bible say? / Reflections

What does Jesus really say about homosexuality?

Text taken from the LGBTQ & the Bible website (United States). Freely translated by Jonathan's volunteers Amid all the hullabaloo about what Christianity says about homosexuality, one question often gets overlooked: What does Jesus actually say about it? The answer may surprise you. Despite living in a world where exploitative homosexual practices existed – sacred prostitution, pederasty, gender variance...

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Friendship and love in the Bible: David and Jonathan (1Sam 18–20; 2Sam 1,26)

Text by Thomas Hieke* taken from Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet, entry Homosexualität (WiBiLex online scientific biblical dictionary: Homosexuality in the Old Testament), Germany, paragraph 5.1, written in October 2021. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project. When searching the Bible for positive statements about homoerotic relationships, reference is often made to the friendship between David and Jonathan (Harding, pp. 51–121; Fischer, pp. 73–76). Sometimes they come...

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Violence and shame in the Bible in Sodom and Gibeah and between Ham and Noah

Text by Thomas Hieke* taken from Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet Homosexualität – Online scientific biblical dictionary (WiBiLex): Entry Homosexuality in the Old Testament (Germany), paragraph 4, written in October 2021. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project. Three narrative passages from the Hebrew Bible have often been linked, in the history of interpretation, to sexuality between men. In reality, they have nothing...

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Why doesn't the Bible condemn LGBTQ people?

Text by Brandan Robertson published in Outreach (United States) on October 9, 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Jonathan Project As a Christian theologian and an openly gay man, I am asked almost every day how I can reconcile my “lifestyle” as an LGBTQ person with my Christian faith. For years this question has troubled me and...