by the adversative conjunction δέ, “but.” Paul is going from positive to negative exhortations. He lists lifestyles that are diametrically opposed to the Christian life, which is to imitate God and walk in love. The first word πορνεία is rare in the classical literature but is used to refer to prostitution1 or to homosexuality.2 In the LXX it appears fifty times, forty-three times in the canonical books, and translates זָנָה and its derivatives, meaning “fornication.”3 It can refer to harlotry