Was It a Sexual Relationship - Conclusion

 . Both men were loyal to God's Law.  Jonathan and David had in common their faith in and love for Jehovah God, and they swore their oath of friendship "in the name of Jehovah." (1 Samuel 20:41, 42) Obedience to Jehovah was thus a high priority for both men, and God's Law clearly condemned all forms of sexual immorality, including homosexual acts. (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13) So to simply imply that David and Jonathan had homosexual relations is to deny the very foundation of their friendship. 

Note: You have to know that it was not only love for God, for when love of God, you love your best friend, your wife or husband the same as these two men for each other. When you love God as much, that is how you should feel for your best friend or your spouse. Men for women. 

Nothing in the Bible suggests that either Jonathan or David had homosexual leanings or that there was anything sexual about their friendship. To state otherwise is to read something into the account that simply is not there.

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