[Cecily]

You are correct. Paul had to address these issues when he preached to the Gentiles because perverse practices were going on among the Gentiles.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Paul had to address these issues when he preached to the Gentiles because perverse practices were going on among the Gentiles."

I have had to make this point many times against liberals who use the argument from silence. It was only when Christianity moved out of its Jewish matrix into the Gentile environment that some of these moral issues had to be specifically addressed. There's an early (AD 50-100), little known Jewish-Christian document called "The Didache" ("The Teaching") that specifically condemns abortion and homosexuality. Presumably this reflects the mind of the early church and hence of Jesus.