The best translations communicate the notion of activity; arsenokoitai refers to men engaged in homosexual behavior. It’s the shameless act Paul describes in Romans 1:27 as being committed arsenes en arsesin (“men in men”).1 This is why early translations of the New Testament translate arsenokoitai as “men lying together with males” (Latin), “those who lie with men” (Syriac), and “lying with males” (Coptic).
