God Is Not a Homophobe: An Unbiased Look at Homosexuality in the Bible
By Philo Thelos
... In 1 Cor. 6:9 malaikos is used in the metaphoric sense. Here it refers to persons who are 'soft.' The rendering "effeminate" (malaikos) designates the passive partner of a homosexual relationship, and "abusers of themselves with mankind." (malaikos and arsenokoites, [727]) denotes both the passive and active homosexual partners."