The apostle Paul may have had in mind the decadent behavior of people in the first century when he wrote: “God gave them up to disgraceful sexual appetites, for both their females changed the natural use of themselves into one contrary to nature; and likewise even the males left the natural use of the female and became violently inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males, working what is obscene and receiving in themselves the full recompense, which was due for their error. ”
Apostel Paulusel võis mõlkuda meeles esimese sajandi inimeste mandunud käitumisviis, kui ta kirjutas: „Jumal [on] nad andnud häbematuisse ihadesse; sest nende naised on vahetanud loomuliku sugulise käitlemise loomuvastasega, ja samuti on ka mehed loobunud loomulikust naise sugulisest käitlemisest ja on oma himus süttinud üksteisest ja teinud rõvedust mees mehega ja kätte saanud iseenestes oma eksimuse palga, mille pidid saama ”.