1 Corinthians 6
1 [Now another matter]: When any of you [believers] accuses another believer about some matter, he takes that matter to judges who are not believers, [for them to decide the case], instead of asking God’s people [to decide it]. (That is disgusting!/Why do you do that?) [RHQ]
Wanneer iemand van u met een ander een geschil heeft, durft hij dan recht zoeken bij de ongerechtigen, en niet bij de heiligen?
2 [I want] you to know that [we who are] God’s people will [some day] judge those who are unbelievers. [RHQ] So, since you will be judging unbelievers, you certainly are capable of judging between [believers who disagree on] small matters! [RHQ]
Weet gij dan niet, dat de heiligen de wereld zullen richten? En zo zelfs de wereld door u wordt gericht, zoudt gij dan onbevoegd zijn voor onbeduidende geschillen?
3 (You should keep in mind that we will even judge angels!/Do you not know that we will even judge angels?) [RHQ] So we certainly should be able to judge about [matters that relate to how we] conduct our lives here on earth!
Weet gij niet, dat wij engelen zullen richten? Hoeveel te meer dus de kwesties van het dagelijks leven.
4 Therefore, when you [believers] have a dispute, you should certainly not choose as judges [to decide your case] people whom the congregation cannot respect [because those judges are not believers]! [RHQ]
En toch laat gij bij uw dagelijkse geschillen juist hen daarover zitting houden, die door de gemeente worden veracht.
5 I am saying this to make you ashamed. Surely there is someone among you who is wise enough to judge disputes between believers! [RHQ]
Ik zeg het tot uw beschaming. Is er dan onder u geen enkel verstandig man, die tussen zijn broeders uitspraak zou kunnen doen?
6 But instead, some believers [among you] accuse other believers in a legal court. And what is worse, you let the cases be judged by unbelievers {unbelievers judge the cases}!
In plaats daarvan daagt de ene broeder den ander voor het gerecht, en dan nog wel ten overstaan van ongelovigen.
7 The fact that you have any lawsuits among you [shows that] you have completely failed [as Christians] (OR, [allowed Satan to] defeat you). You should [allow other believers] to wrong you [without taking them to court!]! [RHQ] You should not accuse them when [they] cheat you! [RHQ]
Ja, het is op zichzelf voor u al meer dan erg, dat gij met elkander geschillen hebt. Waarom lijdt gij niet liever onrecht? Waarom lijdt gij niet liever schade?
8 But [what is happening is that] some of you are cheating others and doing wrong to them. [That is bad]. But you are doing that to fellow believers, [and that is worse]!
In plaats daarvan doet gij zelf onrecht en schade, en dat nog wel aan broeders.
9 (You should keep in mind that wicked people will not become [members of] the group over whom God will rule./Do you not know that wicked people will not become [members of] the group over whom God will rule?) [RHQ] Do not be deceived {Do not deceive yourselves} [by thinking wrongly about these matters]. People who are sexually immoral, or who worship idols, or who (commit adultery/have sex with someone to whom they are not married), or who happily allow others to commit homosexual acts with them, or who take the initiative in committing homosexual acts,
Weet gij dan niet, dat zij die onrecht doen, geen deel zullen hebben aan het koninkrijk Gods? Bedriegt u niet. Ontuchtigen, afgodendienaars, overspelers, wellustelingen, knapenschenners,
10 or who are thieves, or who desire and forcefully seize things that belong to others, or who are drunkards, or who slander others, or who are swindlers, will not enter the place where God rules.
dieven, hebzuchtigen, dronkaards, lasteraars en rovers zullen geen deel hebben aan het koninkrijk Gods.
11 Some of you previously did things like that. But [God] has freed/cleansed you [MET] [from your sinful behavior]. [He] has set you apart for himself. [He] has erased the record of your sins [because you trusted] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus Christ and because of what the Spirit of our God [has done for you].
En dit waren sommigen van u. Maar gij zijt rein gewassen, gij zijt geheiligd, gij zijt gerechtvaardigd in de naam van den Heer Jesus Christus en door den Geest van onzen God.
12 [Some of you may say], “God allows us to do anything [that he does not forbid].” But [I would reply], “[That is true], but not everything that God permits us to do helps us.” [Yes, as some of you say], God permits us to do anything [that he does not forbid]. But as for me, I will not let anything make me [its slave; that is, I will not do anything that will gain control over me in such a way that I will not be able to stop doing it].
Alles is mij geoorloofd! Maar alles is niet heilzaam! Alles is mij geoorloofd! Maar ik zal me door niets laten overheersen!
13 [Some of you may also say], “Food is just for [us to put in] the stomach, and the stomach is just for [us to put] food [in]. And since God will do away with food and stomachs [when he gives us our new bodies, what we do with our bodies sexually does not affect us any more than eating food does.” But what you have concluded is wrong, because] the Lord does not [want us to use] our bodies to do sexually immoral things. Instead, the Lord [wants us to use our bodies in ways that please him]. Also, the Lord [wants us to do what is good] for our bodies.
De spijzen zijn voor de buik, en de buik is voor de spijzen; maar God zal beide aan de vernietiging prijsgeven. Het lichaam daarentegen is niet voor de ontucht, maar het behoort aan den Heer, en de Heer aan het lichaam.
14 God, by his power, caused the Lord [Jesus] to live again after he died, and he will cause us to live again after we die, [which shows that he is very concerned about our bodies].
God heeft den Heer opgewekt, en Hij zal ook ons doen verrijzen door zijn kracht.
15 You should keep in mind that your bodies belong to Christ. [RHQ] So, should I [or any other believer] [RHQ] take our body, which belongs to Christ, and join it [sexually] to a prostitute? No, certainly not!
Weet gij soms niet, dat uw lichamen ledematen zijn van Christus? Zal ik ze dan doen ophouden, ledematen van Christus te zijn, om er ledematen ener deerne van te maken! Dat nooit!
16 When a man has sexual relations [EUP] with a prostitute, [it is as though] their two bodies become one body. (You should never forget that!/Do you not know that?) [RHQ] What [Moses] wrote [about people who join together sexually is], “The two of them will become [as though they are] one body.”
Maar weet gij ook niet, dat hij, die zich met een deerne afgeeft, met haar één lichaam is? Want Hij zegt: "Deze twee zullen één vlees zijn."
17 But anyone who is united {who joins himself} to the Lord becomes one with him spiritually.
Hij daarentegen, die den Heer aanhangt, is één geest met Hem.
18 Always (run away from/avoid) committing sexually immoral acts. Other sins that people commit do not affect their bodies, but those who commit sexually immoral acts sin against their own bodies.
Vlucht de ontucht! Iedere zonde, die de mens bedrijft, is buiten het lichaam, maar de ontuchtige zondigt tegen zijn eigen lichaam.
19 (Keep in mind that your bodies are [like] [MET] temples of the Holy Spirit./Do you not know that your bodies are [like] [MET] temples of the Holy Spirit?) [RHQ] The Spirit, whom God gave you, lives within you. You do not belong to yourselves. You belong to God,
Of weet gij niet, dat uw lichaam een tempel is van den heiligen Geest, die in u woont, en dien gij van God hebt ontvangen; ook dat gij uzelf niet toebehoort,
20 [because when his Son died for you it was as though] [MET] [God] paid a price for you. So honor God by [how you use] your bodies!
daar gij duur zijt gekocht? Verheerlijkt dus God in uw lichaam!
