1 Corinthians 6
1 Dar any of you that hath a cause ayens another, be demed at wickid men, and not at hooli men?
Dare anyone of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the holy ones?
2 Whether ye witen not, that seyntis schulen deme of this world? And if the world schal be demed bi you, be ye vnworthi to deme of the leste thingis?
Have you not known that the holy ones will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the smaller judgments?
3 Witen ye not, that we schulen deme aungels? hou myche more worldli thingis?
Have you not known that we will judge messengers? Why not then the things of life?
4 Therfor if ye han worldli domes, ordeyne ye tho contemptible men, that ben in the chirche, to deme.
Of the things of life, indeed, then, if you may have judgment, those despised in the Assembly—these you cause to sit;
5 Y seie to make you aschamed. So ther is not ony wise man, that may deme bitwixe a brothir and his brothir;
I speak to your shame: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who will be able to discern in the midst of his brothers!
6 but a brothir with brothir stryueth in dom, and that among vnfeithful men.
But brother with brother goes to be judged, and this before unbelievers!
7 And now trespas is algatis in you, for ye han domes among you. Whi rather take ye no wrong? whi rather suffre ye not disseit?
Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that you have judgments with one another; why do you not rather suffer injustice? Why not be defrauded?
8 But and ye doen wrong, and doen fraude, and that to britheren.
But you do injustice, and you defraud, and these—brothers!
9 Whether ye witen not, that wickid men schulen not welde the kyngdom of God? Nyle ye erre; nethir letchours, nether men that seruen mawmetis, nether auouteris,
Have you not known that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
10 nether letchouris ayen kynde, nether thei that doon letcheri with men, nether theues, nether auerouse men, nethir `ful of drunkenesse, nether curseris, nether rauenours, schulen welde the kyngdom of God.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
11 And ye weren sum tyme these thingis; but ye ben waischun, but ye ben halewid, but ye ben iustefied in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and in the spirit of oure God.
And certain of you were these! But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were declared righteous, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
12 Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but not alle thingis ben spedeful. Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but Y schal not be brouyt doun vndur ony mannus power.
All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be under authority by any;
13 Mete to the wombe, and the wombe to metis; and God schal distruye bothe this and that. And the bodi not to fornycacioun, but to the Lord, and the Lord to the bodi.
the meats [are] for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God will make useless both this and these; and the body [is] not for whoredom, but for the LORD, and the LORD for the body;
14 For God reiside the Lord, and schal reise vs bi his vertu.
and God raised both the LORD, and will raise us up through His power.
15 Witen ye not, that youre bodies ben membris of Crist? Schal Y thanne take the membris of Crist, and schal Y make the membris of an hoore? God forbede.
Have you not known that your bodies are members of Christ? Having taken, then, the members of the Christ, will I make [them] members of a prostitute? Let it not be!
16 Whether ye witen not, that he that cleueth to an hoore, is maad o bodi? For he seith, Ther schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.
Have you not known that he who is joined to the prostitute is one body? For it says, “The two will be into one flesh.”
17 And he that cleueth to the Lord, is o spirit.
And he who is joined to the LORD is one spirit;
18 Fle ye fornycacioun; al synne what euere synne a man doith, is with out the bodi; but he that doith fornycacioun, synneth ayens his bodi.
flee the whoredom; every sin—whatever a man may commit—is outside the body, and he who is committing whoredom sins against his own body.
19 Whether ye witen not, that youre membris ben the temple of the Hooli Goost, that is in you, whom ye han of God, and ye ben not youre owne?
Have you not known that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which you have from God? And you are not your own,
20 For ye ben bouyt with greet prijs. Glorifie ye, and bere ye God in youre bodi.
for you were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
