1 Corinthians 6

1 Dare any of you, having, a matter against his brother, sue for judgment before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

If any of you has a dispute against another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous, instead of the saints?

2 Or know ye not that, the saints, shall judge the world? And, if, by you, the world, is to be judged, unworthy are ye of the smallest judgment-seats?

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

3 Know ye not that we shall judge, messengers? and not, then, matters of this life?

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?

4 If, then, for matters of this, life ye have judgment-seats, them who are of no account in the assembly, these, are ye seating thereupon?

If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who have no standing in the church?

5 With a view to shame you, am I speaking. So, is it possible that there is among you—not so much as one wise man, who shall be able to judge between his brethren, —

I say this to move you to shame. Is not there even one wise person among you who would be able to decide between a brother and his brother?

6 But, brother with brother, sueth for judgment, and that before unbelievers?

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.

7 Already, indeed, it is an utter defeat for you, that ye are having, law-suits, one with another. Wherefore are ye not rather taking wrong? Wherefore are ye not rather suffering yourselves to be defrauded?

Actually, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits among yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

8 Nay! but, ye, are doing wrong, and defrauding, —and that [your] brethren.

No, but you yourselves do wrong, and cheat, and that against your brothers.

9 Or know ye not that, wrong-doers, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom? Be not deceiving yourselves: —neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor men who have sexual relations with men,

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners—shall inherit, God’s kingdom.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And, these things, were some of you; but ye bathed them away, —but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified, in the name of [our] Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

12 All things, unto me, are allowable, but, not all things, are profitable: all things, unto me, are allowable, but, I, will not be brought under authority by any.

"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

13 Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods; but, God, will set aside, both it and them. The body, however, is not for fornication, but, for the Lord, —and, the Lord, for the body.

"Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

14 God, moreover, hath both raised up, the Lord, and will raise, us, up from among [the dead] through his power.

Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.

15 Know ye not that, your bodies, are, members of Christ? Shall I, then, take away the members of the Christ and make them members of a harlot? Far be it!

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? Absolutely not.

16 Or know ye not that, he that joineth himself unto the harlot, is, one body? For, saith he, the two, shall become, one flesh;

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For he says, "The two will become one flesh."

17 But, he that joineth himself unto the Lord, is, one Spirit.

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

18 Flee fornication! Every sin, whatsoever a man shall commit, is, outside his body, but, he that committeth fornication, bringeth sin into his own body.

Flee sexual immorality. "Every sin that a person does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

19 Or know ye not that, your body, is, a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own; —

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

20 For ye have been bought with a price! Therefore glorify God in your body.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.