1 Corinthians 6

1 When any of you have a dispute against another, do yoʋ dare to go to court before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

Does any one of you that has a matter of dispute with another, presume to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

Know you not that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy to decide concerning the smallest matters?

3 Do you not know that we will judge angels, not to mention matters of this life?

Know you not that we shall judge angels? Much more then, things pertaining to this life.

4 If then you have disputes about such matters, do you seat as judges those who have no standing in the church?

If, then, you have controversies pertaining to things of this life, set them to judge who are the least esteemed in the church.

5 I say this to your shame. Is there not a wise man among you, not even one, who would be able to decide between a man and his brother,

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you a wise man, not even one, who shall be able to arbitrate between his brethren?

6 but one brother goes to court against another, and they do so before unbelievers?

But brother goes to law with brother, and this before the unbelievers?

7 As it is, to have lawsuits with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

Now, certainly, you are altogether in fault, that you have law-suits with one another. Why do you not rather suffer injustice? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

8 But you yourselves wrong, and you yourselves defraud, and you do these things to your own brothers!

But you act unjustly, and you defraud, and that, too, your brethren.

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither lewd persons, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites,

10 nor the greedy, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

nor thieves, nor defrauders, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

All meats are lawful for me: but all are not profitable. All are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under subjection by any.

13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will do away with them both. The body is not meant for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Meats for the stomach, and the stomach for meats; but God will destroy both it and them. But the body is not for lewdness, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body:

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

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

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Certainly not!

Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I, then, take the members of the Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? It must not be.

16 Do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one with her in body? For it says, “The two will become one flesh.”

Know you not that he that is joined to a harlot, is one body? For the two, says the scripture, shall be one flesh.

17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one with him in spirit.

But he that is joined to the Lord, is one spirit.

18 Flee fornication. Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.

Shun lewdness. Every sin that a man commits, is without the body; but he that is guilty of lewdness sins against his own body.

19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own,

Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

20 for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and with your spirit, which belong to God.

For you have been bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body.