Does any one
of you, when he has
a 1case
against
his neighbor
, dare
to go
to law
before
the unrighteous
and anot before
the 2saints
?
Or ado you not know
that bthe 1saints
will judge
cthe world
? If
the world
is judged
by you, are you not competent
to 2constitute the smallest
law
courts
?
aDo you not know that we will judge
angels
? How
much
more
matters
of this life
?
So if
you have
law
courts
dealing with matters
of this life
, 1do you appoint
them as judges who are of no
account
in the church
?
aI say this to your shame
. Is it so
, that there
is not among
you one
wise
man
who
will be able
to decide
between
his bbrethren
,
but brother goes
to law
with brother
, and that before
aunbelievers
?
Actually, then
, it is already
a defeat
for you, that you have
lawsuits
with one
another
. aWhy
not rather
be wronged
? Why
not rather
be defrauded
?
On the contrary, you yourselves
wrong
and defraud
. You do this
even
to your abrethren
.
Or ado you not know
that the unrighteous
will not binherit
the kingdom
of God
? cDo not be deceived
; dneither
fornicators
, nor
idolaters
, nor
adulterers
, nor
1effeminate
, nor
homosexuals
,
nor thieves
, nor
the covetous
, nor
drunkards
, nor
revilers
, nor
swindlers
, will ainherit
the kingdom
of God
.
aSuch were some
of you; but you were bwashed
, but you were csanctified
, but you were djustified
in the name
of the Lord
Jesus
Christ
and in the Spirit
of our God
.
aAll things
are lawful
for me, but not all
things
are profitable
. All
things
are lawful
for me, but I will not be mastered
by anything
.
aFood is for the 1stomach
and the 1stomach
is for food
, but God
will bdo
away
with both
2of them. Yet
the body
is not for immorality
, but cfor the Lord
, and dthe Lord
is for the body
.
Now God
has not only
araised
the Lord
, but bwill also
raise
us up through
His power
.
aDo you not know that byour bodies
are members
of Christ
? Shall I then
take
away
the members
of Christ
and make
them members
of a prostitute
? cMay it never
be!
Or ado you not know
that the one who joins
himself to a prostitute
is one
body
with her? For He says
, " bTHE TWO
SHALL BECOME
ONE
FLESH
."
But the one who joins himself to the Lord
is aone
spirit
with Him.
aFlee immorality
. Every
other sin
that a man
commits
is outside
the body
, but the 1immoral
man sins
against
his own
body
.
Or ado you not know
that byour body
is a 1temple
of the Holy
Spirit
who is in you, whom
you have
from 2God
, and that cyou are not your own
?
For ayou have been bought with a price
: therefore
glorify
God
in byour body
.