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?

How can anyone of you who has a dispute with another dare to have it 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?

Do you not know that the saints are to be judging the world? So if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to judge the smallest matters?

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

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

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

Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, appoint those who are least esteemed in the congregation to judge!

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 say this to your shame. Can it be that there is not a single wise man among you who would be competent to judge between a man and his brother?

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

Instead, brother goes to law against brother, and this before 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?

Actually, the very fact that you have lawsuits among you already represents a defeat for you. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why not rather accept being cheated?

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

No, you yourselves do the wronging and cheating, and to brothers!

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,

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 catamites, nor sodomites,

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

nor the greedy, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the abusive, nor swindlers can inherit the Kingdom of God, absolutely.

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 that is what some of you were; but you were bathed, you were sanctified, you were 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 things are ‘permissible’ for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are ‘permissible’ for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

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.

Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication 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.

Further, God both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us 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!

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? Not ever!

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.”

Can you not know that the one who joins himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “will become one flesh.”

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

But he who is joined with the Lord is one spirit with Him.

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

Flee from fornication! Every sin that a man may commit is outside the body, but he who fornicates 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,

Do you not know that your bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and 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.

Because you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.